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Columbus Blue Jackets at Florida Panthers

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Columbus Blue Jackets
26-42-12
Final
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Florida Panthers
50-24-6

Bobrovsky gets 6th shutout of season and Reinhart scores 54th goal as Panthers top Blue Jackets 4-0

Matthew Tkachuk scores 47 seconds in as Panthers blank Blue Jackets

Bobrovsky, who has 44 career shutouts, is tied with Arizona's Connor Ingram and Pittsburgh's Tristan Jarry for the most this season.

Matthew Tkachuk, Evan Rodrigues and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for the Panthers, who moved within a point of the idle Boston Bruins for first place in the Atlantic Division. Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson had two assists after missing Tuesday’s game against the Ottawa Senators to rest.

Florida has one fewer game on its schedule than Boston while holding a 40-35 lead in regulation wins, the top tiebreaker.

Jet Greaves stopped 42 shots for the Blue Jackets, who are mathematically locked into the fourth-best odds in the upcoming NHL draft lottery.

SPECIAL VOICE

The Panthers honored longtime Columbus play-by-play announcer Jeff Rimer — the franchise's original TV voice when it was founded in 1993 — with a video tribute during his final game in South Florida before his pending retirement.

Rimer was a part of Florida's broadcast for 11 years (1993-2004) before spending the last 20 years of his 47-year broadcasting career in the Blue Jackets' booth.

UP NEXT

Blue Jackets: Visit Nashville on Saturday night.

Panthers: Host Buffalo on Saturday night.

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Regular Season Series

FLA wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:47 Matthew Tkachuk Goal (26) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (22), Nick Cousins (7)
Goal 2nd Period 17:25 Evan Rodrigues Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (22), Eetu Luostarinen (14)
Goal 2nd Period 19:06 Sam Reinhart Goal (54) Wrist Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (54), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23)
Goal 3rd Period 17:43 Vladimir Tarasenko Goal (23) Backhand, assists: Gustav Forsling (28)

Statistics

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18 Blocked Shots 8
39 Hits 16
10 Takeaways 9
25 Shots 46
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
26 Faceoffs Won 20
56.5 Faceoff Win Percent 43.5
20 Giveaways 19
2 Total Penalties 1
4 Penalty Minutes 2

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 18,451 | Capacity:

2023-24 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
NY Rangers 55 23 114 4
Carolina 52 23 111 7
NY Islanders 39 27 94 16
Washington 40 31 91 11
Pittsburgh 38 32 88 12
Philadelphia 38 33 87 11
New Jersey 38 39 81 5
Columbus 27 43 66 12

2023-24 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Florida 52 24 110 6
Boston 47 20 109 15
Toronto 46 26 102 10
Tampa Bay 45 29 98 8
Detroit 41 32 91 9
Buffalo 39 37 84 6
Ottawa 37 41 78 4
Montreal 30 36 76 16
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