Another entertaining hockey game.
Brady Skjei had two points with a goal and an assist to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Thursday night at Nationwide Arena.
Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho, and Seth Jarvis also scored.
Teravainen is on a three-game point streak (one goal, two assists).
Brett Pesce had two assists. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brent Burns, and Jordan Martinook each had an assist. Coming into the day, Burns led all active players with five career points on leap day.
Spencer Martin made 20 saves. He's 4-0-1 in five starts for the Hurricanes since being acquired off waivers from Columbus on Jan. 19.
Alex Nylander had two points with a goal and an assist for Columbus, and Cole Sillinger scored. It's the first two points for Nylander as a Blue Jacket.
Zach Werenski, Jack Roslovic, and Boone Jenner scooped up the assists.
Daniil Tarasov stopped 28 shots.
There has been only 21 seasons in NHL history to feature games taking place on Feb. 29 and Brent Burns is one of two players to skate on the date five times.#NHLStats: https://t.co/sHZOLfmgg4 pic.twitter.com/h7lPC2uxdT
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 1, 2024
1st Period
The Blue Jackets lost to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night and returned to Columbus in the early morning hours on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes were ready and waiting as they came in off a 3-2 win at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR HURRICANES | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BLUE JACKETS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Both Columbus and Carolina played the first period with a quick pace, but neither scored. Carolina was 0-for-1 on the only power play of the frame.
Tarasov made a point-blank stop on Necas, and Damon Severson tripped Jack Drury moments later at 15:01 on a possible goal-saving play as Drury skated toward Tarasov's left side.
Carolina held the 7-4 shots advantage.
2nd Period
Teravainen opened the scoring at 53 seconds. At 2:02, Necas thought he made it 2-0, but the Blue Jackets challenged the call and won the decision to keep it a one-goal game.
Carolina goal!
— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) March 1, 2024
Scored by Teuvo Teravainen with 19:07 remaining in the 2nd period.
Columbus: 0
Carolina: 1#CARvsCBJ #CBJ #CauseChaos pic.twitter.com/SZXZLgEQFS
The Blue Jackets now lead the league with a perfect eight-for-eight overturned calls.
Carolina goal!
— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) March 1, 2024
Scored by Martin Necas with 17:58 remaining in the 2nd period.
Assisted by Jalen Chatfield.
Columbus: 0
Carolina: 2#CARvsCBJ #CBJ #CauseChaos pic.twitter.com/I7G5E8rX1P
Aho did score to extend the 2-0 lead at 8:19. Skjei and Teravainen picked up the assists.
Only 97 seconds later, at 9:56, Sillinger scored his second goal in as many days. Werenski and Nylander picked up the assists.
Sillinger has goals in consecutive days. Werenski gets the assist and Nylander gets his first point as a Blue Jaket with the assist. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/ewaaTSZwoX
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) March 1, 2024
Skjei picked up his second point of the game with a one-handed goal past Tarasov at 16:30. Kotkaniemi and Burns had the assists.
Brady Skjei hits the one-handed breakaway goal pic.twitter.com/mcFzS4DRDM
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) March 1, 2024
Columbus was 0-for-1 on their lone power play. The shots were 19-14 in favor of the Hurricanes through 40 minutes.
3rd Period
Tarasov kept his team in it from the jump in the third period, making a flurry of saves reminiscent of Dominik Hasek.
Tarasov or Hasek? #CBJ pic.twitter.com/E6MkoqM9Xw
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) March 1, 2024
On the power play, Nylander scored his first goal as a Blue Jacket at 8:41. Roslovic and Jenner picked up the assists.
Nylander from Roslovic and Jenner. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/jwGA72SmDB
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) March 1, 2024
Columbus pulled the goalie with 3:37 remaining in the game down a goal. It wasn't until 19:48 when Jarvis scored the empty net to skate away with the 4-2 win.
Yegor Chinakhov was benched for the final 23:30 of the game. Presumably for the play before Skjei’s goal. #CBJ
— Mark Scheig (@mark_scheig) March 1, 2024
Stats
- Shots on Goal: CAR 32-22 CBJ
- Face-off %: CAR 60.7-39.3 CBJ
- Power play: CAR 0/1-1/2 CBJ
- Giveaways: CAR 2-2 CBJ
- Takeaways: CAR 2-2 CBJ
- Blocked shots: CAR 11-22 CBJ
- Hits: CAR 3-9 CBJ
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5-on-5 stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
- Expected Goals (xG): CAR 2.33-2.20 CBJ
- Shot Attempts (CF): CAR 62-38 CBJ
- Shots on Goal (SF): CAR 28-17 CBJ
- Scoring Chances (SCF): CAR 29-22 CBJ
- High-Danger Chances (HDCF): CAR 16-8 CBJ
Injury Update
- Kent Johnson is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury suffered during Wednesday's game against the New York Rangers.
- Patrik Laine entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Jan. 28 and will be away from the team indefinitely.
- Adam Fantilli suffered a calf laceration on Jan. 28 and is expected to miss eight weeks.
Next Up
The Jackets will head to Chicago to take on Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks at the United Center on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
The club returns home to face the Vegas Golden Knights at Nationwide Arena on Monday, Mar. 4, at 7:00 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
