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Carolina Hurricanes @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Hurricanes

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
P. Kochetkov	9	0	0	1	1.66	.919
B. Bussi	2	2	2	0	3.27	.865

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	4	0	1	3.29	.884
C. Talbot	3	2	0	0	2.83	.894

Nationwide Arena

12:00 AM, 16 December 2026

Columbus, OH

CAR

CBJ

Points

Sebastian AhoC #20

19PTS

11A

Kent JohnsonC #91

11PTS

Goals

Logan StankovenC #22

1PPG

46S

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

24S

Assists

Jackson BlakeRW #53

12A

4PPA

10+/-

Zach WerenskiD #8

2PPA

5+/-

Carolina Hurricanes

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Taylor Hall LW	OUT	3 Nov
Alexander Nikishin D	OUT	7 Nov
Jordan Staal C	IR	3 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CAR	3.73	2.33	33.2	22.2	136	12	22.6	9	82.4	2	0
CBJ	2.45	3.27	25.6	28.0	102	4	13.3	9	74.3	0	0

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
29/10/26	vsCBJ	W3-2
28/10/26	vsBOS	W2-1
25/10/26	@STL	W4-0
23/10/26	@EDM	L6-5 SO
21/10/26	@VAN	W6-3

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
29/10/26	@CAR	L3-2
27/10/26	@PHI	W4-3 OT
25/10/26	vsVGK	W2-1 OT
21/10/26	vsTOR	L6-2
18/10/26	@MIN	L2-1

Regular Season Series

CAR leads 1-0

Blue Jackets
2
Hurricanes
3

Game 1

29/10

Blue Jackets
Hurricanes

Game 2

4/12

Hurricanes
Blue Jackets

Game 3

16/12

Hurricanes
Blue Jackets

Game 4

2/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	11	2	2	24
Washington	8	4	0	16
New Jersey	8	5	0	16
NY Islanders	7	4	2	16
NY Rangers	7	6	1	15
Pittsburgh	5	6	2	12
Columbus	5	6	0	10
Philadelphia	3	8	4	10

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Sebastian AhoC #20

Kent JohnsonC #91

Logan StankovenC #22

Kent JohnsonC #91

Jackson BlakeRW #53

Zach WerenskiD #8

Injury Report

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