| 1 | 2 | 3 (OT) (SO) | F | |
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1 | 3 | 0 (0) (0) | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 (0) (1) | 5 |
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Kirill Marchenko scored twice, including the game-tying goal with just over a minute left in regulation, and the Columbus Blue Jackets won their third straight game with a 5-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
It's the first three-game winning streak for the Blue Jackets since March of 2022 — a span of 983 days.
The Blue Jackets jumped out to a 2-1 lead through the first period on goals from Dante Fabbro and Marchenko. Both goals were unassisted.
After the Hurricanes would tie it at 2-2, Dmitri Voronkov would connect just 90 seconds later on the power play to regain a lead for Columbus, this time at 3-2. Carolina would score twice more in the second frame to get a 4-3 lead.
It's a lead the Hurricanes would keep until 1:06 left in regulation — and it was one they would not regain.
After a scoreless overtime period, Sean Monahan scored on the first shot of the shootout and Elvis Merzlikins stopped all three Carolina attempts to give Columbus the improbable victory.
Here's how the night went from puck-drop to the final horn at Nationwide Arena:
1st Period:
(2:04 — CBJ Goal): The Blue Jackets strike first, taking a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game. Martin Necas has just enough trouble holding onto the puck in the high slot, and Fabbro pounces. He puts a good move on Jesperi Kotkaniemi and a 2-on-1 quickly breaks out. Fabbro has a chance to get the puck to Adam Fantilli but rather than make what would've been a risky pass, he snaps it past Carolina netminder Pyotr Kochetkov. The goal was Fabbro's second with Columbus and already his fourth point in just six games since coming over via waivers from the Nashville Predators.
Fabbro's goal to give the #CBJ a 1-0 lead just over two minutes in. His second in six games with the Blue Jackets and already his 4th point since joining the club. pic.twitter.com/8fDtU3WpxW
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 24, 2024
(6:41 — CAR Goal): It's really nice to see Jack Roslovic with 12 goals in just his 20th game with the Hurricanes, but not on this night. To his credit, this was a great play by the former Blue Jacket that started with a good clear from his own end. He finds Sebastian Aho on a good clearing pass and darts up the ice. Aho gets it back to him, and Roslovic gets a shot off just ahead of a closing Mathieu Olivier.
(10:20 — CBJ Goal): Another unassisted goal for the Blue Jackets, who had two assists on all seven of their goals in the Thursday win over Tampa Bay. This time it's Marchenko, who rings one off the post and in on a breakaway. A great individual effort from Marchenko, who ended a season-long five game drought without a goal.
Marchenko's goal to give the #CBJ their second lead of the night, 2-1 this time. It's his sixth point in the last seven games.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 24, 2024
Both goals tonight have been unassisted rare for the Blue Jackets this season.pic.twitter.com/Kyqu19iqoy
2nd Period:
(5:40 — CAR Goal): All four Blue Jacket skaters (with a fifth coming off the bench) are on the same side of the ice — and it was not the side with Jalen Chatfield on it. He takes a nice look from Dmitry Orlov and the defensive pairing for Carolina helps knot it at 2-2.
(7:10 — CBJ Goal): In his 11th game back, Voronkov gets his fifth goal of the season and his first on the power play. But as it's been the case with a lot of Columbus goals this season — the assists were crucial to the goal. Kent Johnson, who has scored in every game he's played this season (six), finds Voronkov on a smooth pass from the cornerboards. Werenski, who gets the secondary assist, makes a fantastic play at the blue line to keep the puck in the zone and a few seconds later would get the pass to Johnson just before the goal.
Dmitri Voronkov's fifth goal of the season comes on the power play and would give the #CBJ their third lead of the game.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 24, 2024
Not to be outdone, Carolina ties it (also on the power play) just three minutes later. We're 3-3 halfway through.pic.twitter.com/VktnJI6bPA
(10:39, 13:23 — CAR Goals): The Hurricanes would turn a one-goal deficit into a one-goal lead in a span of less than three minutes. Sebastian Aho ties the game at 10:39 just ten seconds into the power play and starts with Carolina winning the faceoff and going to work immediately. At 13:23, Jackson Blake gives Carolina a 4-3 lead on a sequence that started with a failed clear by the Blue Jackets that left Blake wide open in the slot.
3rd Period, Overtime, And The Shootout:
(18:54 — CBJ Goal): It would have been easy to pack it in after the Blue Jackets came up empty on a four-minute power play just minutes early, but the resolve of this team showed up yet again as Marchenko would tie it at 4-4 with 1:06 left in regulation. Great board play from Kent Johnson started the sequence that led to the goal, with the budding star picking up his second assist of the night on the play.
KIRILL MARCHENKO!! Tie game in Columbus!! pic.twitter.com/CrhKN4cVKU
— NHL (@NHL) November 24, 2024
(Overtime/Shootout): Kochetkov went down with just over two minutes left in overtime, and was replaced by former Blue Jackets goalie Spencer Martin. Both teams exchanged good chances to win, but Monahan's strike was the only of the night in the shootout to give Columbus the win.
| CAR | GAME STATS | CBJ |
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| 36 | SHOTS | 32 |
| 60% | FACEOFFS | 40% |
| 1/4 | POWER PLAY | 1/5 |
| 4/5 | PENALTY KILL | 3/4 |
| 21 | HITS | 16 |
| 20 | GIVEAWAYS | 23 |
| 2 | TAKEAWAYS | 9 |
| 10 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 19 |
| ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS | ||
| 2.90 | EXPECTED GOALS | 2.84 |
| 71 | SHOT ATTEMPTS | 54 |
| 34 | SCORING CHANCES | 28 |
| 12 | HIGH-DANGER CHANCES | 12 |
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DATA VIA: NHL.COM & NATURALSTATTRICK.COM |
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Stat Chat:
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The Blue Jackets had a lead after twenty minutes despite being outshot (13-6) and out-chanced (25-12) by more than 2-to-1 margins. The Hurricanes also had six of the nine high-danger chances in the first.
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Carolina is a stingy team — which makes the 9-2 advantage the Blue Jackets had in takeaways even more eye-popping. Both goals in the first period came as a result of takeaways.
- Despite losing the shot attempts battle by a 71-54 margin, the high-danger chances were 12 a piece. Columbus made the most of their opportunities with the puck.
Up Next:
Game three of a four-game homestand is Wednesday night, when the Blue Jackets face the Montreal Canadiens. Columbus will be fresh, coming after three days off, while Montreal will be on the second half of a back-to-back. Puck drop is a little later than usual, with a 7:30 p.m. start time at Nationwide Arena.
