Panthers fall just short in 4-2 loss to Blue Jackets

"First Star Ivan Provorov opened the scoring with a power-play marker 5:08 into the action and then drew the secondary assist on Mathieu Olivier's deflection goal midway through the second. After Boone Jenner put the Blue Jackets comfortably ahead by three 1:41 into the third, the Panthers would put a scare into the home team before ultimately falling short."

"It looked like Gustav Forsling tied the tilt with 2:55 left on the clock, but Jesper Boqvist was ruled to have incidently interfered with Greaves and the goal was waved off after challenge by Rick Bowness. Tough, tough call... Provorov would collect his third point of the night shortly after, combining with Charlie Coyle to set up Olivier's clinching empty-netter."

"Sam Bennett's power-play marker gave him four goals over the last four games. Bennett was one of four players to finish with a game-high four shots. Sam Reinhart, Ivan Provorov and Sean Monahan were the others."

The Florida Panthers fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 at Nationwide Arena, extending their losing streak to four games. Ivan Provorov led the Blue Jackets with a power-play goal early and two assists. Columbus built a 3-0 lead before the Panthers mounted a comeback. Niko Mikkola and Sam Bennett scored to pull Florida within one goal, but a disallowed goal by Gustav Forsling on an incidental interference call ended their comeback hopes. Provorov added an empty-netter to seal the victory. Sam Bennett scored his fourth goal in four games, while Sam Reinhart reached 30 assists for the fifth consecutive season.

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