Carolina Hurricanes take measure of Columbus Blue Jackets

That brings us to the end of a first period — Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Carolina Hurricanes 1. Carolina Hurricanes edged the shot clock 7-5, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Alexander Holtz opened the scoring for Carolina Hurricanes at 16:59.

John Gibson was under siege with 5 highlighted stops.

Carolina Hurricanes owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild second period — Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1. Columbus Blue Jackets edged the shot clock 11-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jack McBain extended the lead for Carolina Hurricanes at 4:17, Pavel Dorofeyev cut the deficit for Columbus Blue Jackets at 5:03, Morgan Frost tied it for Columbus Blue Jackets at 6:32, tempers flared at 15:41 with Darnell Nurse winning a scrap, and Igor Chernyshov put Columbus Blue Jackets in front at 17:26.

John Gibson was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Carolina Hurricanes went 0-for-1.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild third period — Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4. Carolina Hurricanes edged the shot clock 17-11, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

J.T. Miller tied it for Carolina Hurricanes at 8:42, Niko Mikkola put Carolina Hurricanes in front at 12:22, Igor Chernyshov tied it for Columbus Blue Jackets at 16:54, Seth Jarvis put Carolina Hurricanes in front at 18:24, and Seth Jarvis extended the lead for Carolina Hurricanes into the empty net at 19:52.

Dennis Hildeby was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

an empty-netter helped seal it.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.