What – Game 75 (47-21-6)
When – 7 p.m., Thursday, April 2
Where – Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South

The Carolina Hurricanes will finish off their season series with the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight in Raleigh.

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It will be the second straight game between the two clubs, as they both played Tuesday in Columbus, with Carolina winning 5-2.

With a win, the Canes can clinch an eighth consecutive playoff berth with seven games still to go in the regular season.

Columbus is barely clinging onto the final wild card spot in the East and so desperately need to win with four teams right on their tail.

Streaks

Sebastian Aho (3a) has points in three straight games.

Andrei Svechnikov (2g, 1a) has goals in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

Jordan Staal will play in his 1,400th career regular season game tonight.

Taylor Hall is one goal shy of 300 career goals.

Sean Walker is two assists away from 100 career assists.

Sebastian Aho is two assists away from 400 career assists.

Game Notes

Carolina is 2-1-0 against Columbus this season.

Seth Jarvis (6g, 16pts in 15gp) is a point-per-game player for his career against the Blue Jackets.

Projected Starting Goalies

Frederik Andersen: 13-13-5; 0.871 Sv%; 3.16 GAA

Elvis Merzlikins: 14-10-3; 0.886 Sv%; 3.34 GAA

Leading Scorers

Goals – Seth Jarvis (30) / Kirill Marchenko (26)

Points – Sebastian Aho (75) / Zach Werenski (78)

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
Shayne Gostisbehere – Alexander Nikishin

Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi

Injuries and Scratches: Mike Reilly, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Pyotr Kochetkov (hip)

Mason Marchment – Adam Fantilli – Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner – Sean Monahan – Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger – Charlie Coyle – Miles Wood
Danton Heinen – Kent Johnson – Luca Del Bel Belluz

Zach Werenski – Dante Fabbro
Egor Zamula – Ivan Provorov
Denton Mateychuk – Erik Gudbranson

Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Injuries and Scratches: Jake Christiansen, Isac Lundestrom (undisclosed), Mathieu Olivier (UBI), Damon Severson (UBI), Brendan Smith (knee), Dmitri Voronkov (UBI)

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