Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes (35-18-6) at Columbus Blue Jackets (19-29-10) – 29 Feb 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Carolina [](/r/canes) Hurricanes (35-18-6) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (19-29-10)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|ESPN+, HULU|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020942) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020942/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020942/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020942/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|[CAR](/r/canes)|Andrei Svechnikov|Sebastian Aho|Seth Jarvis|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|[CAR](/r/canes)|Michael Bunting|Jack Drury|Martin Necas|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|[CAR](/r/canes)|Jordan Martinook|Jordan Staal|Jesper Fast|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|[CAR](/r/canes)|Stefan Noesen|Jesperi Kotkaniemi|Teuvo Teravainen|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|[CAR](/r/canes)|Jaccob Slavin|Brent Burns|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Damon Severson|[CAR](/r/canes)|Brady Skjei|Brett Pesce|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[CAR](/r/canes)|Dmitry Orlov|Jalen Chatfield|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|[CAR](/r/canes)|Pyotr Kochetkov|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[CAR](/r/canes)|Spencer Martin|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|25 Feb 2024|Illness|OUT|Texier (illness) isn’t expected to play Wednesday against the New York Rangers, per Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli||Laceration|OUT|Laceration|27 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais||Abdomen|OUT||22 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine||Personal|IR-NR|Fracture|unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|08 Feb 2024|Lower Body|DTD|Raanta (lower body) will be be out for at least a couple of weeks, according to Walt Ruff of the Carolina Hurricanes’ official site.|unknown|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|Frederik Andersen|19 Feb 2024|Illness|IR|Andersen (illness) was in the starter’s crease Monday in order to take more shots but is still without a clear recovery timeline, Walt Ruff of the Carolina Hurricanes’ official site reports.|09 Mar 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/carolina-hurricanes/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|58|19|29|10|48|0.414|2.91|3.67|14.46|76.47|30.16|33.41|47.10|
|[CAR](/r/canes)|59|35|18|6|76|0.644|3.27|2.73|27.17|84.57|32.61|25.51|52.30|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|18|[CAR](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|22|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|34|[CAR](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|39|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|42|[CAR](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|61|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|6|[CAR](/r/canes)|Brent Burns, Jaccob Slavin|15|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|57|[CAR](/r/canes)|Michael Bunting|51|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:19|[CAR](/r/canes)|Brent Burns|21:50|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=12 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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