What – Game 67 (42-18-6)
When – 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 17
Where – Nationwide Arena; Columbus, OH
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to preserve their strong Metro record as they take on the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight.

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The Hurricanes are coming off of a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning and remain at the top of the Eastern Conference because of it although the Buffalo Sabres are right on their heels.

Columbus meanwhile is just outside of the current playoff picture and desperately need all the points they can get.

They are 5-1-4 in their last 10 games and so this should be a good matchup between two clubs that are really playing well as of late.

StreaksMilestone Watch

Sebastian Aho is one point away from 700 career points.

Taylor Hall is two goals shy of 300 career goals.

Sean Walker is four assists away from 100 career assists.

Game Notes

Carolina is 1-0-0 against Columbus this season, winning 4-1 on Dec. 9 in Raleigh.

The Canes have secured at least a point in 12 of their last 13 games against Columbus, and in fact, have just two regulation losses in the last 22 meetings.

Seth Jarvis (6g, 16pts in 13gp) is a point-per-game player for his career against the Blue Jackets.

Projected Starting Goalies

Brandon Bussi: 25-5-1; 0.899 Sv%; 2.37 GAA

Jet Greaves: 21-12-8; 0.908 Sv%; 2.64 GAA

Leading Scorers

Goals – Seth Jarvis (28) / Kirill Marchenko (25)

Points – Sebastian Aho (68) / Zach Werenski (68)

Power PlayPenalty Kill

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

Injuries and Scratches: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Shayne Gostisbehere (LBI), Pyotr Kochetkov (hip)

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

Injuries and Scratches: Dmitri Voronkov, Miles Wood, Egor Zamula, Jake Christiansen, Brendan Smith (knee)

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