COLUMBUS, Ohio In a perfect Panthers' world, penalties would never be called and teams would have to skate at even strength for all 60 minutes. The Panthers have 112 even-strength goals and would actually be ahead of playoff-caliber teams in their conference such as the Canadiens and Rangers if that scenario translated to victories. Alas, reality continues to sink in and sink the swooning Panthers. So despite outscoring the Blue Jackets 3-0 when skating 5-on-5, the Panthers fell, 6-3, in Nationwide Arena for their fourth straight loss and seventh in their last eight. The Panthers allowed three power-play goals, including two in the first 11:04 of...
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