Sunday, April 7, 2024 – 5:00 PM EDT
PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
TV: Bally Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 The Fan
Columbus Blue Jackets (26-39-12, 64 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
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Carolina Hurricanes (48-22-7, 103 points, 2nd Metro, 3rd East)
After a blowout victory over the Flyers on 5th Line Appreciation Night, the reward for the Blue Jackets is a quick turnaround in less than 24 hours to play a road game against a rested and red hot Carolina Hurricanes. Good Luck!
Player to Watch
Jake Guentzel
Since his rookie season, Guentzel feasted on the Blue Jackets as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 22 career games against the Jackets, he has 13 goals and 14 assists. Since his trade to Carolina, he has 5 goals and 15 assists in 13 games. He currently has a 4 game point streak (3/5/8). For a very good team that needed help from a proven goal-scorer, Guentzel has been exactly the piece they needed.
Jackets Notes
Last night the Jackets tied a record for goals by defensemen in a game, with the 1992 Washington Capitals. Unlike those Caps, the Jackets got their goals exclusively from defensemen.
The Other Bench
Since adding Guentzel and Evgeny Kuzentsov at the trade deadline, the Canes are 11-3-1. They trail the Rangers by 5 points with 5 games to play, but have a massive lead over third place in the Metro, so they’re probably content to face the Islanders/Penguins/Capitals/Flyers in the first round.
Season Series
11/26/2023 CBJ 2 @ CAR 3
02/29/2024 CAR 4 @ CBJ 2
04/07/2024 CBJ @ CAR
04/16/2024 CAR @ CBJ
Stats
| Carolina | Columbus | |
| 3.35 (8) | GPG | 2.88 (24) |
| 2.60 (4) | GAPG | 3.60 (31) |
| 27.2 (2) | PP% | 15.1 (30) |
| 86.2 (1) | PK% | 76.8 (24) |
| 59.0 (1) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 48.1 (22) |
| 58.4 (1) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 47.7 (24) |
| 7.9 (26) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.1 (10) |
| 91.3 (16) | 5v5 Save % | 91.2 (19) |
| Sebastian Aho, 34 | G Leader | Boone Jenner, 22 |
| Sebastian Aho, 52 | A Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 47 |
| Sebastian Aho, 86 | P Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 58 |
| Brendan Lemieux, 62 | PIM Leader | Erik Gudbranson, 72 |
| 26-10-4 | Home/Road | 10-20-7 |
| 7-2-1 | Last 10 | 3-6-1 |
Projected Lines
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Johnny Gaudreau | Dmitri Voronkov | Alex Nylander |
| Alexandre Texier | Cole Sillinger | Kirill Marchenko |
| Mathieu Olivier | Justin Danforth | Mikael Pyyhtia |
| Carson Meyer | Brendan Gaunce | James Malatesta |
| Zach Werenski | Damon Severson |
| Ivan Provorov | Erik Gudbranson |
| Nick Blankenberg | David Jiricek |
| Jet Greaves |
| Malcolm Subban |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Jake Guentzel | Sebastian Aho | Seth Jarvis |
| Teuvo Teravainen | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Martin Necas |
| Jordan Martinook | Jordan Staal | Jesper Fast |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | Jack Drury | Stefan Noesen |
| Jaccob Slavin | Brent Burns |
| Brady Skjei | Brett Pesce |
| Dmitry Orlov | Jalen Chatfield |
| Frederik Andersen |
| Pyotr Kochetkov |