Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Carolina Hurricanes 5: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 to Carolina Hurricanes 5, on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Carolina Hurricanes vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLThursday, April 2, 2026
DateApr 2, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,556
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsCarolina Hurricanes
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
38-26-12Record48-21-6
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding1st in Metropolitan Division
1-5Road record / home record6-2
LLWWLLast 5WWLWW
L2StreakW2
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsCarolina Hurricanes
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 18:40 | 2:24 | 0:36 | 15:40 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Del Bel Belluz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 11:15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:06 | 2:24 | 0:10 | 13:32 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 14:30 | 2:31 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 13:04 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:04 | 0:04 | 0:30 | 14:30 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:22 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 10:22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 14:37 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:15 | 2:32 | 0:04 | 13:39 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 12:38 | 2:37 | 1:08 | 8:53 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 14:44 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 20:33 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 20:13 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 16:34 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:29 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Provorov | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 20:08 | 1:34 | 1:40 | 16:54 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Werenski | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:12 | 3:26 | 0:32 | 18:14 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Zamula | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .762 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 59:53 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 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 Blake | 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 Carrier | 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 Ehlers | 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 Hall | 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 Jankowski | 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 Jarvis | 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 Martinook | 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 Robinson | 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 Staal | 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 Stankoven | 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 Svechnikov | 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 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 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 Gostisbehere | 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 Miller | 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 Nikishin | 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 Slavin | 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 Walker | 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 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Andersen | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .900 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR wins series 3-1
Apr 2, 2026CBJ 1, CAR 5
Mar 31, 2026CAR 5, CBJ 2
Mar 17, 2026CAR 1, CBJ 5
Dec 9, 2025CBJ 1, CAR 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 5-1, on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Carolina Hurricanes 5.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Denton Mateychuk (1 goals). Carolina Hurricanes: Logan Stankoven (2 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Carolina Hurricanes played?
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC.
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