Recap: Late goal gives Blue Jackets 5-4 win over Panthers

The Florida Panthers have only played two games, and they have already gagged up two third period leads, this time dropping a 5-4 decision to the Columbus Blue Jackets in a fun to watch, but ultimately frustrating home opener at BB&T Center.

First Period

Florida looked out of sync and a bit sloppy to start. Not at all surprising given the lack of early season game action. James Reimer was solid, keeping the better Blue Jackets off the board until back-to-back penalties to Frank Vatrano and twenty seconds later to Mike Matheson set the stage for Columbus’ first goal. Matheson can’t take that penalty with his team already a man down.

After applying pressure, Cam Atkinson passed back out to…