The Columbus Blue Jackets are back on the road for one game. This game features the Carolina Hurricanes.

Carolina Hurricanes - 47-21-6 - 100 Points - 6-4-0 in the last 10 - Won 1- 1st in the Metro

Columbus Blue Jackets - 38-25-12 - 88 Points - 5-4-1 in the last 10 - Lost 1 - 4th in the Metro

Team Notes Per CBJ PR

The Blue Jackets closed out a three-game homestand with a 5-2 loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday. Thursday's game at Carolina begins a stretch of three-of-four played away from Nationwide Arena through Apr. 11.

The Jackets are 9-3-1 in their last 13 road contests and rank second in the NHL in goals-against per game (2.15) and penalty kill pct. (87.9), fifth in shots against (24.8) and sixth in power play pct. (29.2) since Jan. 11.

CBJ have earned points in 25 of the last 31 contests overall (20-6-5, 45 pts) since Jan. 11. The club leads the NHL in goals-against per game (2.55) and ranks third in the NHL in points pct. (.726) and ninth-T in goals-for per game (3.39) since Jan. 11.

The Jackets also lead the NHL with a franchise-record 55 goals scored by defensemen in 2025-26 (55-133-188, 75 GP).

CBJ have collected points 10 of last 12 games against Metropolitan Division opponents since Jan. 4 (8-2-2).

Player Notes Per CBJ PR

Adam Fantilli, who led the club in goals and points (tied) in March with 7-9-16 in 17 games after scoring on Tuesday, has set a single-season career high in assists and points with 21-34-55 in 75 contests.

Jet Greaves has earned points in 15 of his last 18 starts since Jan. 11 (12-3-3, 2.36 GAA, .913 SV% in 19 GP), ranking fifth among NHL goaltenders in GAA and eighth in SV% (min. 6 GP).

Kirill Marchenko notched 1-1-2 on Tuesday for his second-straight multi-point performance (1-3-4). He leads the club in goals and ranks second in points with 26-37-63 in 69 outings in 2025-26.

Mason Marchment has posted multiple points in back-to-back games (1-3-4) after collecting two assists on Tuesday. He ranks second on the team in goals since making his CBJ debut on Dec. 20, 2025 (14-13-27 in 33 GP).

Elvis Merzlikins has recorded points in 10 of his past 13 starts since Jan. 11 (8-3-2, 2.54 GAA in 14 GP).

Zach Werenski, with 21-57-78 in 68 games in 2025-26, sits two assists shy of tying the franchise's record for assists in a single season set by Artemi Panarin (79 GP in 2018-19) and matched by the defenseman in 2024-25 (81 GP).

Blue Jackets Stats

Power Play - 19.9% - 18th in the NHL
Penalty Kill - 76.4% - 26th in the NHL
Goals For - 233 - 14th in the NHL
Goals Against - 229 - 20th in the NHL

Hurricanes Stats

Power Play - 24.6% - 5th in the NHL
Penalty Kill - 80.5% - 12th in the NHL
Goals For - 258 - 7th in the NHL
Goals Against - 215 - 7th in the NHL

Series History vs. The Hurricanes

Columbus is 30-32-0-5 all-time, and 13-17-0-3 on the road vs. Carolina.
Carolina's victory on Tuesday snapped a streak of eight-straight wins for the home team in the series. The home team has now won 12-of-15 meetings dating back to Feb. 25, 2022.

The Hurricanes have won the last seven meetings at Lenovo Center since a 6-0 CBJ victory on Jan. 13, 2022.

The winning team has scored four-plus goals in each of the past eight contests (including SO goals) and 16 of the past 18 since Oct. 23, 2021.

The winning team has won by three-plus goals in seven of the past nine meetings overall with Columbus earning two shootout victories in the other two.

Seven of the last eight played at Carolina have been decided by three or more goals.

The Blue Jackets have registered four shutouts and hat tricks in the all-time series.

The teams have combined to record less than 60 shots on goal in six of the past 10 meetings (60.0 avg.).

Who To Watch For The Hurricanes

Seth Jarvis leads the Canes with 30 goals.
Sebastian Aho leads the team with 50 assists and 75 points.
Goalie Brandon Bussi is 28-6-1 with a SV% of .897.
Frederik Andersen is 13-13-5 with a SV% of .871.

CBJ Player Notes vs Hurricanes

Boone Jenner has 13 points in 26 career games against Carolina.

Zach Werenski has 17 points against the Hurricanes.
Mason Marchment has 10 points in 11 games vs. Carolina.

Injured Reserve & Other Injuries

Brendan Smith - Lower Body - Missed 37 Games IR - Out for the rest of the regular season.
Damon Severson - Missed 3 Games - Upper Body - OUT FOR THE SEASON
Dmitri Voronkov - Missed 2 Games - Upper Body - Week-to-week
Mathieu Olivier - Missed 1 Game - Upper Body - OUT FOR THE SEASON
Isac Lundeström - Left early against Carolina on Tuesday

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 189

How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.

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