Columbus took a 1-0 lead at 7:08 of the first period. After the Blue Jackets forced a turnover, Luca Del Bel Belluz fed a pass to Johnson, who scored five-hole from the left faceoff circle. Kirill Marchenko made it 2-0 at 9:48 when he took a cross-ice backhand pass from Adam Fantilli and roofed a shot over Andersen’s glove.
Seth Jarvis had two goals and two assists and Sebastian Aho added a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes scored five goals in the second period and beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4.
Setback' with wrist injury pushes Monahan's likely return for Blue Jackets into March and extends Fantilli's role replacing him on the top line.
Blue Jackets fall to 0-7-0 in the second game of back-to-backs after watching Hurricanes easily erase 2-0 lead in Raleigh.
Frederik Andersen earned a win in his first home start since opening night, and Seth Jarvis had four points for Carolina in the Hurricanes’ home win over Columbus.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3g) has goals in back-to-back games. Martin Necas (2a) has points in back-to-back games. Frederik Andersen is one win away from 300 career wins and would become the second fastest netminder to that milestone.
Pregame analysis and predictions of the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Carolina Hurricanes NHL game to be played on January 23, 2025 on ESPN.
Doctors have projected a longer recovery timeline than expected for the 30-year-old, who injured his right wrist on Jan. 7.
DETROIT (AP) — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher’s shot at 9:55 of the second period, and Michael Rasmussen scored an empty-netter in the final minute to clinch Detroit’s victory.
Brock Nelson scored 2:03 into overtime Saturday night for the New York Islanders, who earned a dramatic and unlikely 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Elmont, N.Y.
If people thought they were going into the weekend like normal, that certainly changed at 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday night (Jan. 24), as the Carolina Hurricanes stunned the hockey world with a massive blockbuster deal.
Drury, the nephew of Rangers general manager Chris Drury and a New York native, turns 25 next month. He has three goals and nine points in 39 games this season while averaging 12:53 of ice time. The 5-foot-11 center was a second-round pick in 2018, and he’s in the first season of a two-year contract that carries a $1.725 million cap hit.