Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 6–7 Final/OT Florida PanthersFLA

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Final/OT 1st2nd3rdOT T SOG
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 1410 6 31
Florida PanthersFLA 1321 7 40

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
7:40 CBJ Damon Severson (2)PP Ivan Provorov (6), Cole Sillinger (10) · tip-in xG 0.09 1–0 ▶
9:47 FLA Evan Rodrigues (8) Mackie Samoskevich (10) · wrist xG 0.07 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
5:26 CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (10) Ivan Provorov (7), Zach Werenski (21) · tip-in xG 0.09 2–1 ▶
5:57 CBJ Miles Wood (8) Charlie Coyle (15), Isac Lundeström (4) · backhand xG 0.15 3–1 ▶
10:24 CBJ Kirill Marchenko (10) Adam Fantilli (9), Dmitri Voronkov (10) · backhand xG 0.05 4–1 ▶
11:15 FLA Carter Verhaeghe (6) Seth Jones (11), Brad Marchand (13) · tip-in xG 0.08 4–2 ▶
13:11 FLA Carter Verhaeghe (7)PP Brad Marchand (14), Sam Bennett (8) · wrist xG 0.14 4–3 ▶
16:12 FLA Seth Jones (4)PP Sam Reinhart (11), Sam Bennett (9) · snap xG 0.05 4–4 ▶
18:26 CBJ Cole Sillinger (3) Denton Mateychuk (6) · wrist xG 0.16 5–4 ▶
3rd Period
2:27 CBJ Isac Lundeström (1) Miles Wood (4), Brendan Smith (2) · snap xG 0.19 6–4 ▶
4:21 FLA Brad Marchand (16) Sam Bennett (10), Carter Verhaeghe (13) · wrist xG 0.21 6–5 ▶
14:18 FLA Anton Lundell (7) Eetu Luostarinen (8) · wrist xG 0.14 6–6 ▶
Overtime
4:56 FLA Sam Bennett (7) Brad Marchand (15), Gustav Forsling (12) · wrist xG 0.26 6–7 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

CBJ 38%Deserve to win62% FLA
CBJFLA
2.98Expected goals3.71
6Goals (no shootout)7
2.01Expected goals, 5 on 52.39
46Shot attempts71
39Unblocked attempts50
31Shots on goal40

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
5:57 FLA Goalie Goalie · Bobrovsky −2.1 goals saved
3 goals on 0.92 xG, 11 shots on goal
13:11 FLA Deserve to win Deserve to win · FLA takes the lead, 60–40%
CBJ had led since 5:39 of the 1st, by as much as 69%
18:10 FLA xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced CBJ 1.22–0.17
In xG over 10 minutes, 8:10 to 18:10 of the 2nd; goals 3–1
3rd Period
2:27 FLA Goalie Goalie · Bobrovsky −4.2 goals saved
6 goals on 1.78 xG, 21 shots on goal
4:21 CBJ Goalie Goalie · Merzlikins −2.3 goals saved
5 goals on 2.75 xG, 27 shots on goal

Shot map

CBJ shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ FLA shoots
Isac Lundeström: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 1:31) Brendan Smith: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:34) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 2:16) Dmitri Voronkov: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 2:55) Dante Fabbro: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 4:59) Kirill Marchenko: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 5:39) Zach Werenski: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 6:08) Brad Marchand: wrist, 74 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 6:32) Kent Johnson: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 7:22) Egor Chinakhov: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 8:04) Brendan Gaunce: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 8:09) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 9:21) Eetu Luostarinen: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 10:21) Uvis Balinskis: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 10:38) Ivan Provorov: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 13:31) Niko Mikkola: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 13:55) Brad Marchand: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:31) Ivan Provorov: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 15:16) Carter Verhaeghe: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:38) Seth Jones: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:57) Anton Lundell: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 17:18) Aaron Ekblad: snap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:39) Cole Sillinger: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 1:07) Mackie Samoskevich: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 1:53) Anton Lundell: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 3:46) Brad Marchand: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 4:02) Zach Werenski: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:21) Kent Johnson: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 7:05) Adam Fantilli: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 8:03) Denton Mateychuk: snap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:00) Sean Monahan: wrist, 86 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:49) Brad Marchand: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:06) Brad Marchand: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 11:08) Brad Marchand: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 12:04) Seth Jones: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 12:33) Sam Reinhart: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 12:46) Seth Jones: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 12:59) Zach Werenski: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 13:25) Dmitri Voronkov: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 13:38) Ivan Provorov: slap, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 14:06) Jesper Boqvist: wrist, 92 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 14:13) Uvis Balinskis: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 14:23) Luke Kunin: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 14:24) Carter Verhaeghe: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 15:05) Seth Jones: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 15:16) Sam Reinhart: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 15:56) Zach Werenski: snap, 145 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 16:18) Mackie Samoskevich: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 17:12) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 17:28) Denton Mateychuk: slap, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:58) Brad Marchand: backhand, 23 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:34) Sam Bennett: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 1:36) Sam Bennett: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 1:45) Cole Sillinger: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.25 (P3 4:07) Brad Marchand: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 6:54) Kirill Marchenko: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 9:12) Anton Lundell: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 10:13) Egor Chinakhov: backhand, 10 ft, xG 0.18 (P3 10:53) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 11:44) Sam Reinhart: wrist, 88 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 12:35) Cole Sillinger: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:00) Cole Sillinger: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:05) Anton Lundell: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 16:29) Seth Jones: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 17:38) Brad Marchand: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:50) Niko Mikkola: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:25) Sam Bennett: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 19:37) Adam Fantilli: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (OT 0:57) Dmitri Voronkov: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.14 (OT 2:16) Seth Jones: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (OT 2:27) Kirill Marchenko: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.14 (OT 3:01) Anton Lundell: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.07 (OT 3:39) Cole Sillinger: deflected, 9 ft, xG 0.13 (OT 3:47) Adam Fantilli: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.13 (OT 3:56) Brad Marchand: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.09 (OT 4:27) Zach Werenski: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 4:39) Damon Severson: GOAL, tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 7:40) Evan Rodrigues: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 9:47) Dmitri Voronkov: GOAL, tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 5:26) Miles Wood: GOAL, backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 5:57) Kirill Marchenko: GOAL, backhand, 29 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 10:24) Carter Verhaeghe: GOAL, tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 11:15) Carter Verhaeghe: GOAL, wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 13:11) Seth Jones: GOAL, snap, 46 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:12) Cole Sillinger: GOAL, wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 18:26) Isac Lundeström: GOAL, snap, 20 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 2:27) Brad Marchand: GOAL, wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 4:21) Anton Lundell: GOAL, wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 14:18) Sam Bennett: GOAL, wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.26 (OT 4:56)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
19 Adam Fantilli 011 +2 40.39 0222:18
23 Sean Monahan 000 -1 30.00 0321:44
3 Charlie Coyle 011 -1 00.00 2220:42
86 Kirill Marchenko 101 +2 50.39 1020:16
4 Cole Sillinger 112 -1 60.66 2016:34
10 Dmitri Voronkov 112 +2 40.28 1016:18
21 Isac Lundeström 112 +1 20.29 0114:08
91 Kent Johnson 000 -2 20.20 0013:35
18 Miles Wood 112 +1 10.15 2013:28
50 Brendan Gaunce 000 -1 10.02 2111:57
59 Egor Chinakhov 000 -1 20.19 0008:22
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov 022 +1 40.09 2330:09
8 Zach Werenski 011 0 60.19 0229:01
5 Denton Mateychuk 011 -1 20.03 0319:23
78 Damon Severson 101 -2 10.09 0018:10
15 Dante Fabbro 000 +1 20.02 1214:59
7 Brendan Smith 011 +2 10.01 2011:09
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Elvis Merzlikins 40733 .825 3.71 -3.29

Florida Panthers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
9 Sam Bennett 134 +2 60.67 3023:46
13 Sam Reinhart 011 0 50.17 1023:42
63 Brad Marchand 134 +2 140.88 2223:16
23 Carter Verhaeghe 213 +1 40.31 0020:36
15 Anton Lundell 101 0 60.48 2119:34
27 Eetu Luostarinen 011 0 10.14 1018:03
17 Evan Rodrigues 101 -2 90.30 0016:38
18 A.J. Greer 000 -2 00.00 2013:53
11 Mackie Samoskevich 011 -2 30.31 3013:36
70 Jesper Boqvist 000 0 10.00 0006:31
71 Luke Kunin 000 0 10.03 3105:09
23 Jack Studnicka 000 0 20.00 0004:51
Defense
3 Seth Jones 112 +3 80.28 2028:01
42 Gustav Forsling 011 -2 20.00 1124:32
77 Niko Mikkola 000 +2 20.02 4122:19
5 Aaron Ekblad 000 -3 30.01 1119:54
26 Uvis Balinskis 000 -1 20.11 2013:04
73 Donovan Sebrango 000 0 20.00 3011:29
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Sergei Bobrovsky 31625 .806 2.98 -3.02

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
10 Dmitri Voronkov L +1.88 +1.30 +0.18 +0.29 +0.15 -0.01 -0.04 — 16:18
4 Cole Sillinger C +1.64 +1.30 +0.43 -0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:34
86 Kirill Marchenko R +1.54 +0.75 +0.26 +0.24 +0.30 0.00 0.00 — 20:16
9 Ivan Provorov D +1.38 +1.40 +0.06 +0.01 -0.15 0.00 +0.07 — 30:09
21 Isac Lundeström C +1.28 +1.30 +0.19 -0.24 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 14:08
11 Miles Wood L +1.28 +1.45 +0.10 -0.24 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:28
19 Adam Fantilli C +1.06 +0.70 +0.25 +0.09 0.00 -0.05 +0.06 — 22:18
7 Brendan Smith D +1.02 +0.55 0.00 +0.45 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 11:09
8 Zach Werenski D +0.66 +0.55 +0.12 +0.05 -0.15 0.00 +0.08 — 29:01
5 Denton Mateychuk D +0.55 +0.70 +0.02 -0.32 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 19:23
23 Sean Monahan C +0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.11 0.00 +0.03 +0.15 — 21:44
15 Dante Fabbro D +0.24 0.00 +0.01 +0.15 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 14:59
3 Charlie Coyle C +0.21 +0.70 0.00 -0.55 0.00 -0.04 +0.10 — 20:42
65 Luca Del Bel Belluz C +0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.10 0.00 -0.02 +0.05 — 7:23
91 Kent Johnson C +0.13 0.00 +0.13 +0.02 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:35
59 Egor Chinakhov R -0.08 0.00 +0.12 -0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:22
78 Damon Severson D -0.15 +0.75 +0.06 -0.87 0.00 0.00 -0.08 — 18:10
16 Brendan Gaunce C -0.43 0.00 +0.01 -0.34 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 11:57
90 Elvis Merzlikins G -3.29 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -3.29 64:31

Florida Panthers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
63 Brad Marchand L +3.67 +2.70 +0.57 +0.34 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 23:16
9 Sam Bennett C +3.31 +2.55 +0.43 +0.38 0.00 -0.02 -0.04 — 23:46
23 Carter Verhaeghe C +2.62 +2.05 +0.20 +0.35 0.00 -0.02 +0.04 — 20:36
3 Seth Jones D +2.30 +1.45 +0.18 +0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 28:01
15 Anton Lundell C +0.92 +0.75 +0.31 +0.03 -0.30 +0.07 +0.05 — 19:34
27 Eetu Luostarinen C +0.85 +0.70 +0.09 +0.04 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 18:03
13 Sam Reinhart C +0.80 +0.70 +0.11 +0.15 -0.15 -0.01 0.00 — 23:42
17 Evan Rodrigues C +0.79 +0.75 +0.20 -0.19 0.00 +0.03 0.00 — 16:38
11 Mackie Samoskevich R +0.77 +0.70 +0.20 -0.24 +0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 13:36
6 Donovan Sebrango D +0.45 0.00 0.00 +0.47 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 11:29
26 Uvis Balinskis D +0.42 0.00 +0.07 +0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:04
77 Niko Mikkola D +0.30 0.00 +0.01 +0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 22:19
71 Luke Kunin C +0.29 0.00 +0.02 +0.08 +0.15 +0.01 +0.03 — 5:09
70 Jesper Boqvist C +0.18 0.00 0.00 +0.03 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 6:31
53 Jack Studnicka C +0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.05 0.00 +0.03 0.00 — 4:51
42 Gustav Forsling D -0.01 +0.55 0.00 -0.61 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 24:32
10 A.J. Greer L -0.23 0.00 0.00 -0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:53
5 Aaron Ekblad D -0.71 0.00 +0.01 -0.60 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 19:54
72 Sergei Bobrovsky G -3.02 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -3.02 64:56

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.