The game was tied entering the third period before Dubinsky gave the Blue Jackets a 3-2 lead at 6:58 during 4-on-4 play. He ended a 12-game goal drought after he stole the puck from Florida defenseman Mike Matheson in the Columbus zone and skated it on a 2-on-1.
"It's been a while since I've been on the scoresheet, so obviously it feels really good," Dubinsky said. "But just happy with the way we answered after a pretty subpar game the other night. I thought we played a good game tonight."
Duclair made it 1-0 at 1:37 of the first period on a breakaway before Huberdeau tied it 1-1 at 13:19 after getting a no-look backhand pass from Aleksander Barkov at the side of the net.
Hoffman gave Florida a 2-1 lead with 1:51 remaining with a slap shot to the short side after a turnover in the neutral zone. The goal was his 20th of the season; it is the fifth straight season he's scored at least that many.
"[Hoffman] does what he does," Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. "He scores goals. It's too bad we didn't get the win on his 20th. It could have been worse, I guess. We were a few minutes away from not getting anything. We had a lot of fight in us in the third, just shot ourselves in the foot a little bit at certain points of the game. That's the story of the night."
Anderson, playing in his 200th NHL game, made it 2-2 with 2:56 left in the second period when he batted in a rebound out of the air.
"We looked like a different hockey team to start the game than last game," Jones said. "We had a lot of energy. We played straight ahead, we played north. We were fast. We were getting a lot of pucks on net. We were down 2-1 after the first, but we had a pretty good period. We played a pretty good overall game as well."
