{"id":537113,"date":"2026-04-02T19:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/537113\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:29:31","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-lineups-game-preview-and-how-to-watch-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/537113\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/p>\n

The Carolina Hurricanes will finish off their season series with the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight in Raleigh.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

With a win, the Canes can clinch an eighth consecutive playoff berth with seven games still to go in the regular season.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Streaks<\/p>\n

Sebastian Aho (3a) has points in three straight games.<\/p>\n

Andrei Svechnikov (2g, 1a) has goals in back-to-back games.<\/p>\n

Milestone Watch<\/p>\n

Jordan Staal will play in his 1,400th career regular season game tonight.<\/p>\n

Taylor Hall is one goal shy of 300 career goals.<\/p>\n

Sean Walker is two assists away from 100 career assists.<\/p>\n

Sebastian Aho is two assists away from 400 career assists.<\/p>\n

Game Notes<\/p>\n

Carolina is 2-1-0 against Columbus this season.<\/p>\n

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

Projected Starting Goalies<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen: 13-13-5; 0.871 Sv%; 3.16 GAA<\/p>\n

Elvis Merzlikins: 14-10-3; 0.886 Sv%; 3.34 GAA<\/p>\n

Leading Scorers<\/p>\n

Goals – Seth Jarvis (30) \/ Kirill Marchenko (26)<\/p>\n

Points – Sebastian Aho (75) \/ Zach Werenski (78)<\/p>\n

Power PlayPenalty Kill<\/p>\n

Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook
William Carrier – Mark Jankowski – Eric Robinson<\/p>\n

Jaccob Slavin – Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi<\/p>\n

Injuries and Scratches: Mike Reilly, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Pyotr Kochetkov (hip)<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Zach Werenski – Dante Fabbro
Egor Zamula – Ivan Provorov
Denton Mateychuk – Erik Gudbranson<\/p>\n

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

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