NHL · Mar 31, 2026

Carolina Hurricanes

5–2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

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The Hurricanes beat the Blue Jackets 5–2 at Nationwide Arena. N. Ehlers took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	2	0	3	5	33
Blue Jackets	0	1	1	2	25

★ Three Stars

1N. EhlersCAR · 1G 2A

2K. MarchenkoCBJ · 1G 1A

3A. SvechnikovCAR · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

13:29

Shayne Gostisbehere (Nikolaj Ehlers, Andrei Svechnikov)PP

1-0

16:12

Logan Stankoven (Mark Jankowski)PP

2-0

2nd Period

15:14

Kirill Marchenko (Zach Werenski, Mason Marchment)

2-1

3rd Period

02:07

Adam Fantilli (Mason Marchment, Kirill Marchenko)

2-2

12:42

Nikolaj Ehlers (Jalen Chatfield, Jaccob Slavin)

3-2

13:55

Andrei Svechnikov (Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho)PP

4-2

19:13

Jordan MartinookSH EN

5-2

Boxscore

Hurricanes5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nikolaj EhlersL	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	18:23
Andrei SvechnikovR	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	16:29
Jordan MartinookL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1	15:27
Logan StankovenC	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	15:54
Shayne GostisbehereD	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2	17:39
Sebastian AhoC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	19:29
Mark JankowskiL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	11:27
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	20:42
Jaccob SlavinD	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	20:47
Jackson BlakeR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2	16:25
William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	9:38
Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	15:48
Seth JarvisR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19:00
Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9:01
Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	16:41
K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	18:41
Alexander NikishinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	15:56
Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	17:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Brandon BussiStart	25	23	2	.920	59:42
Frederik Andersen	0	0	0	-	0:00

Blue Jackets2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirill MarchenkoR	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	18:20
Mason MarchmentL	0	2	2	+2	2	0	3	2	17:22
Adam FantilliC	1	0	1	+1	0	5	2	0	18:06
Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	1	27:29
Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	18:46
Conor GarlandR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	14:16
Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7:48
Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:07
Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	20:06
Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	13:30
Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	7:34
Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	17:55
Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	16:10
Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	25:21
Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	21:21
Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	5	18:58
Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12:40
Egor ZamulaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7:10

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jet GreavesStart	32	28	4	.875	58:55
Elvis Merzlikins	0	0	0	-	0:00