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The challenges keep getting tougher for the Blue Jackets as games disappear from their unexpected playoff push, and they’re getting tougher too.
An inability to score goals despite creating offensive pressure continued for them Thursday night at Nationwide Arena, but the Florida Panthers and former Blue Jackets star goalie Sergei Bobrovsky played big roles in it.
Despite going another full game without scoring, the Jackets stood toe to toe with the defending Stanley Cup champions and earned a point in a 1-0 overtime loss they desperately needed after dropping four straight games in regulation. Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves in regulation to get that point but was beaten 28 seconds into OT by Aleksander Barkov for the game's lone goal.
Bobrovsky made 26 saves for his second shutout win of the season against his former team.
Florida outshot Columbus 13-5 in the first period, the Blue Jackets outshot the Panthers 12-7 in the second and both sides went 0 for 1 on power plays. Physical play also intensified as the first two periods progressed, including Blue Jackets power forward Dmitry Voronkov throwing his weight around.
Voronkov, who’s largely played a mild-mannered style most of the season, picked up a roughing minor at 8:01 of the second by shoving Verhaeghe up against the end boards after the Panthers forward took a late jab at a puck Merzlikins already had covered. Voronkov went off for his transgression, but Verhaeghe also went to the penalty box for slashing.
It was more of the same in the third until the Blue Jackets appeared to finally take a 1-0 lead on a goal by Boone Jenner during a net-front scramble. Bobrovsky immediately threw his hands up in protest and the Panthers challenged for a missed kicking motion, which replays showed to overturn the goal.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Florida Panthers top Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 in overtime
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An inability to score goals despite creating offensive pressure continued for them Thursday night at Nationwide Arena, but the Florida Panthers and former Blue Jackets star goalie Sergei Bobrovsky played big roles in it.
Despite going another full game without scoring, the Jackets stood toe to toe with the defending Stanley Cup champions and earned a point in a 1-0 overtime loss they desperately needed after dropping four straight games in regulation. Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves in regulation to get that point but was beaten 28 seconds into OT by Aleksander Barkov for the game's lone goal.
Bobrovsky made 26 saves for his second shutout win of the season against his former team.
Florida outshot Columbus 13-5 in the first period, the Blue Jackets outshot the Panthers 12-7 in the second and both sides went 0 for 1 on power plays. Physical play also intensified as the first two periods progressed, including Blue Jackets power forward Dmitry Voronkov throwing his weight around.
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Voronkov, who’s largely played a mild-mannered style most of the season, picked up a roughing minor at 8:01 of the second by shoving Verhaeghe up against the end boards after the Panthers forward took a late jab at a puck Merzlikins already had covered. Voronkov went off for his transgression, but Verhaeghe also went to the penalty box for slashing.
It was more of the same in the third until the Blue Jackets appeared to finally take a 1-0 lead on a goal by Boone Jenner during a net-front scramble. Bobrovsky immediately threw his hands up in protest and the Panthers challenged for a missed kicking motion, which replays showed to overturn the goal.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Florida Panthers top Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 in overtime
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