Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Carolina Hurricanes (42-18-6, 90 points, 1st Metro, 1st East)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (34-21-11, 79 points, 4th Metro, 9th East)
Oh, how it shrieks
Days turn into weeks
Cause nobody knew
Which way the wind blows
Notes
These two teams have the same record since returning from the Christmas break:
Based on the morning skate lines per Jeff Svoboda, Mason Marchment exits the doghouse and returns to the top line. Dmitri Voronkov remains a healthy scratch.
On the Carolina side, Andrei Svechnikov missed practice yesterday and could be a gametime decision tonight.
Playoff Race
M2: Pittsburgh (67 games, 83 points)
M3: NY Islanders (67 games, 81 points) at Toronto (7 PM)
WC1: Detroit (68 games, 82 points)
WC2: Boston (67 games, 81 points) at Montreal (7 PM)
Pittsburgh and Detroit are off after both won big last night. BOOO! Boston got a point (BOOO) but lost in OT in the final seconds to the Devils.
We can leap the Islanders by points percentage if we win in any way and they lose in regulation. We would need a regulation win to tie them in that tiebreaker, however.
Stats
| Carolina | Columbus | |
| 3.47 (5) | GPG | 3.12 (16) |
| 2.86 (7) | GAPG | 3.14 (22) |
| 22.0 (12) | PP% | 20.1 (17) |
| 79.9 (13) | PK% | 77.6 (24) |
| 59.0 (1) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 51.0 (11) |
| 58.5 (1) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 50.6 (14) |
| 9.0 (23) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.3 (18) |
| 89.9 (24) | 5v5 Save % | 90.9 (14) |
| Seth Jarvis (28) | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko (25) |
| Sebastian Aho (44) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (48) |
| Sebastian Aho (68) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (68) |
| Sean Walker (53) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (89) |
| 18-9-4 | Home/Road | 17-8-7 |
| 7-3-0 | Last 10 | 5-1-4 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Mason Marchment | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Kent Johnson | Sean Monahan | Conor Garland |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Isac Lundestrom | Boone Jenner | Danton Heinen |
| Zach Werenski | Damon Severson |
| Ivan Provorov | Denton Mateychuk |
| Dante Fabbro | Erik Gudbranson |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Andrei Svechnikov | Sebastian Aho | Seth Jarvis |
| Taylor Hall | Logan Stankoven | Jackson Blake |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | Jordan Staal | Jordan Martinook |
| William Carrier | Mark Jankowski | Eric Robinson |
| Jaccob Slavin | Jalen Chatfield |
| K’Andre Miller | Sean Walker |
| Mike Reilly | Alexander Nikishin |
| Brandon Bussi |
| Frederik Andersen |