Hurricanes Brush Away Blue Jackets With Ease As Dustin Tokarski Wins His First Start Since February 2023

Dmitri Voronkov(8) scored the only goal for Columbus and Elvis Merzļikins made 24 saves in a 4-1 Blue Jackets loss. This game was ugly and the CBJ never really had a shot at winning this game.

From top to bottom, the entire team seemed slow and out of sorts. After the first period, the Canes were up 2-0, and at that point, you could tell there was no coming back from the two-goal deficit they were in.

Carolina shut down all five Columbus power plays and dominated all aspects of the game except their own power plays. The Blue Jackets were able to kill off all three Canes man advantages, which now makes three games straight of not giving up a power-play goal after giving up a PP goal in 14 straight games. Positives.

The Blue Jackets must quickly move on, as they travel to Tampa to take on the red-hot Lightning who have won 4 of 5.

Final Stats

Player Stats

• Dmitri Voronkov scored his 8th goal of the season.

• Kirill Marchenko recorded assist #18.

• Ivan Provorov tallied his 9th assist.

• Elvis Merzļikins stopped 24 of 28 Carolina shots.

Team Stats

• The Jackets power play went 0/5.

• Columbus stopped all three Hurricane's power plays.

• The Blue Jackets won 40.7% of the faceoffs.

What's Next - The Blue Jackets hit the road Sunday to play the Carolina Hurricanes.

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