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. Without their not-so-special teams the Panthers would've crushed the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday afternoon. 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 Blue Jackets romped 6-3 in Nationwide Arena for Florida's fourth straight loss and seventh in their last eight....
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