Game summary

Columbus New Jersey 0 2 3 1 2 —5 0 —3

1. ( Panarin, Jenner), 14:13; 6. New Jersey, Coleman 3 (Gibbons, Santini), 19:40.

Johnson, CBJ (tripping), 6:02; Dubinsky, CBJ (delay of game), 11:32.

7. Columbus, Wennberg 2 (Panarin, Bjorkstrand), 1:32 (pp); 8, Columbus, Werenski 9 (Panarin, Jones), 15:02.

Greene, NJ (tripping), 0:20; Hannikainen, CBJ (major, high sticking), 11:05; New Jersey bench, served by Noesen (too many men on the ice), 14:55. unbelievable, but in our eyes, he’s one of the best passers we’ve seen.”

Panarin fed linemate Pierre-Luc Dubois, who scored on a shot from the slot to get the Jackets on the scoreboard at 2:29 of the second. Then he set up Sedlak’s third goal of the season at 5:44. At 14:13, he helped Harrington record his first point of the season in just his seventh game played — the past five of which have come because of Ryan Murray’s upper-body injury.

Then 1:32 into the third, he sent a pass to Wennberg, who scored from down low on one knee for the Blue Jackets’ third power-play in their past 43 chances, spanning 16 games. Finally, he fed Werenski at15:02.

“I’m very happy. However, I’m trying to keep my emotions in check,” Panarin said in Russian through a translator. He added of his effort, “In the second period, we knew we had to step it up. We were able to score, we found confidence and everything got a little bit easier.”