The Columbus Blue Jackets moved to 32-21-9 and the Utah Mammoth moved to 34-25-4 after a 5-4 game at 7:00 PM EDT.
First period
The Columbus Blue Jackets opened with 1 goal in the first period while the Utah Mammoth also scored 1 in the first period.
The Jackets recorded 25 hits in the game while the Mammoth finished with 13 hits.
Second period
The Blue Jackets added 1 goal in the second period as the Mammoth added 1 goal in the second period.
Columbus finished with 31 shots and a 13 percent shooting rate, and Utah finished with 23 shots and a 22 percent shooting rate.
The Jackets went 0-for-2 on the power play with 2 power-play shots, while Utah went 0-for-1 with 1 power-play shot.
Third period
The Blue Jackets scored 2 times in the third period, and Utah matched that with 2 goals in the third period to keep the game even heading to overtime.
Adam Fantilli logged 1 goal and 1 assist, and he posted a plus-minus of 2.
Kirill Marchenko produced 2 assists while putting 5 shots on goal.
Damon Severson added 1 goal on 1 shot while finishing with a plus-minus of 1.
This set the stage for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Utah Mammoth key moments after Columbus finished with 30 faceoffs won and Utah finished with 27.
Overtime
Utah ended the night with 1 overtime goal, and the Mammoth received the overtime winner as Logan Cooley was named the game’s first star.
Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves on 23 shots against with 5 goals against, and Utah’s goaltending line showed 27 saves on 31 shots against with 4 goals against.
The Jackets totaled 34 penalty minutes while the Mammoth recorded 16 penalty minutes, and that special-teams gap sat at the center of what went wrong for Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets post-match stats show 20 giveaways for the Jackets and 19 giveaways for the Mammoth, and the Utah side finished with 7 takeaways to Columbus’s 5.
Columbus Blue Jackets vs Utah Mammoth result analysis also starts with blocked-shot volume, as the Jackets had 11 blocked shots and the Mammoth had 24.
The next Blue Jackets game will be at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on 3/9/2026 at 4:00 PM EDT against the Los Angeles Kings, and the broadcast will be on ESPN+, FDSW, and FDSOH.
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