Columbus Blue Jackets vs Carolina Hurricanes
On the ice
CBJ shoots leftCAR shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| CAR | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
In net
Elvis Merzlikins16/21 SV, .762
Frederik Andersen9/10 SV, .900| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CAR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Who won: Hurricanes 5-1
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes win the series 3-1. The Hurricanes outscored the Blue Jackets 3-0 in the 1st period. Logan Stankoven led the Hurricanes in goals (2). Denton Mateychuk led the Blue Jackets in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian AhoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:30 | 1:48 | 1:33 | 13:09 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson BlakeRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:42 | 0:28 | 0:00 | 15:14 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| William CarrierLW | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:58 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj EhlersLW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 14:08 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor HallLW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:50 | 0:22 | 0:00 | 13:28 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:29 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 10:21 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 | 1:43 | 1:42 | 12:17 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan MartinookRW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 11:44 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric RobinsonLW | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:12 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 11:15 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan StaalC | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15:53 | 0:17 | 2:22 | 13:14 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan StankovenC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:09 | 0:19 | 0:00 | 14:50 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei SvechnikovLW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 14:10 | 18 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen ChatfieldD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:44 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 17:24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne GostisbehereD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| K'Andre MillerD | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:45 | 0:04 | 1:11 | 20:30 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Alexander NikishinD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 | 0:23 | 0:30 | 15:25 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob SlavinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:37 | 0:00 | 3:41 | 16:56 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean WalkerD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:51 | 0:02 | 1:20 | 21:29 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik AndersenG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .900 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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