Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Rangers

Mon, Mar 2, 2026 · Madison Square Garden · 2025–26 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

5 – 4

Final/OT

New York Rangers

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime on Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. Kirill Marchenko scored twice; Gabe Perreault scored twice. Elvis Merzlikins made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CBJ	2	2	0	1	5	29
NYR	0	0	4	0	4	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:50	CBJ	EV	Adam Fantilli (16) · tip-in	Kirill Marchenko (28), Denton Mateychuk (14)	1–0
1st	15:32	CBJ	PP	Kirill Marchenko (21) · slap	Ivan Provorov (15), Charlie Coyle (29)	2–0
2nd	03:27	CBJ	SH	Sean Monahan (11) · snap	Unassisted	3–0
2nd	11:54	CBJ	EV	Mathieu Olivier (9) · snap	Charlie Coyle (30), Damon Severson (18)	4–0
3rd	00:30	NYR	EV	Vladislav Gavrikov (10) · wrist	Alexis Lafrenière (21), Will Cuylle (16)	4–1
3rd	00:54	NYR	EV	Gabe Perreault (4) · wrist	Unassisted	4–2
3rd	12:52	NYR	PP	Will Borgen (4) · wrist	Gabe Perreault (6), J.T. Miller (24)	4–3
3rd	15:14	NYR	EV	Gabe Perreault (5) · wrist	Will Borgen (5), Vincent Trocheck (27)	4–4
OT	01:04	CBJ	EV	Kirill Marchenko (22) · snap	Damon Severson (19), Adam Fantilli (25)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:34	NYR	Bench	unsportsmanlike conduct bench	2
2nd	02:14	CBJ	Boone Jenner	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 2.38 · NYR 3.88 · xG% CBJ 38.1

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	2	1	3	0	0	4	0	0		18:04	22
78	Damon Severson	D	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3		21:59	28
19	Adam Fantilli	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	50.0	17:55	22
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	41.7	17:13	22
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	3		27:10	31
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	2		21:06	27
23	Sean Monahan	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	47.6	17:03	23
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	2		16:09	21
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		22:18	26
17	Mason Marchment	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		17:13	21
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		16:37	23
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:06	22
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		15:01	21
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		14:54	20
6	Egor Zamula	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		12:50	18
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	80.0	10:24	13
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33.3	10:11	13
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		9:59	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	W	33	29	4	.879	61:04

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
94	Gabe Perreault	R	2	1	3	+1	6	0	0		17:18	25
17	Will Borgen	D	1	1	2	+3	3	8	1		17:37	24
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0		25:22	28
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	1	1	+1	3	2	1	52.6	20:43	29
8	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	56.3	19:23	27
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	1	1	+2	3	4	0		19:17	27
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	1	1	0	1	0	2		18:51	25
23	Adam Fox	D	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1		26:16	27
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	46.2	20:11	28
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	+3	2	1	0		19:03	24
29	Matthew Robertson	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1		16:21	20
6	Vincent Iorio	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2		14:22	18
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		13:20	19
42	Noah Laba	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60.0	13:19	19
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	11:38	18
14	Taylor Raddysh	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1		11:28	13
91	Brendan Brisson	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0		9:46	12
39	Sam Carrick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	40.0	8:14	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	OTL	28	23	5	.821	60:49