13-3-2, 8-2-1 Away

7-8-0, 6-3-0 Home

Carolina Hurricanes @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Hurricanes

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
P. Kochetkov	10	1	0	2	1.64	.922
B. Bussi	3	2	2	0	3.23	.869

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	6	0	1	3.36	.880
C. Talbot	5	2	0	0	2.44	.911

Nationwide Arena

7:00 PM, December 15, 2026

Columbus, OH

CAR

CBJ

Points

Sebastian AhoC #20

23PTS

14A

Kent JohnsonC #91

16PTS

Goals

Logan StankovenC #22

11G

1PPG

55S

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

34S

Assists

Sebastian AhoC #20

14A

3PPA

10+/-

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

6+/-

Carolina Hurricanes

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alexander Nikishin D	OUT	Nov 22
Jordan Staal C	IR	Dec 3

Columbus Blue Jackets

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Sean Monahan C	Day-To-Day	Nov 10
Dmitri Voronkov LW	Day-To-Day	Nov 10

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CAR	3.83	2.33	33.3	22.6	164	14	22.6	9	85.0	3	0
CBJ	2.53	3.13	25.8	28.2	126	7	17.5	11	75.6	0	0

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	@NYI	W5-3
11/3/26	@NSH	L4-1
11/1/26	vsWPG	W7-0
10/29/26	vsCBJ	W3-2
10/27/26	vsBOS	W2-1

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/6/26	@BUF	L5-2
11/5/26	vsDAL	W2-1 SO
11/3/26	vsCOL	W7-2
10/31/26	@DAL	L3-1
10/29/26	@CAR	L3-2

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Regular Season Series

CAR leads 1-0

Blue Jackets
2
Hurricanes
3

Game 1

10/29

Blue Jackets
Hurricanes

Game 2

12/3

Hurricanes
Blue Jackets

Game 3

12/15

Hurricanes
Blue Jackets

Game 4

3/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	13	3	2	28
New Jersey	11	5	0	22
NY Rangers	9	7	1	19
Washington	8	6	0	16
NY Islanders	7	6	2	16
Columbus	7	8	0	14
Pittsburgh	5	9	2	12
Philadelphia	4	10	4	12

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Sebastian AhoC #20

Kent JohnsonC #91

Logan StankovenC #22

Kent JohnsonC #91

Sebastian AhoC #20

Zach WerenskiD #8

Injury Report

Team Stats

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