🌪️ Away Hurricanes 22-14-1
3–4
Final / SO
🧥 Home Blue Jackets 15-16-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🌪️ CAR 12003
🧥 CBJ 20114

Hurricanes at Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets beat Hurricanes 4–3 in a shootout at Nationwide Arena on December 31, 2024.

🗓 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2024-25 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Sean Monahan
3 A
1 shots · 23:29 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Kirill Marchenko
2 G
5 shots · 23:10 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Elvis Merzlikins
32 saves
0.914 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Kirill Marchenko Go-ahead 1st · 04:48
Assists: Sean Monahan, Denton Mateychuk · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
0–1
🌪️ Ty Smith PP Tying 1st · 09:59
Assists: Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas · beat Elvis Merzlikins
1–1
🧥 Kirill Marchenko Go-ahead 1st · 15:43
Assists: Dmitri Voronkov, Sean Monahan · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
1–2
2nd period
🌪️ Jack Roslovic Tying 2nd · 05:47
Assists: Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · beat Elvis Merzlikins
2–2
🌪️ Jesperi Kotkaniemi Go-ahead 2nd · 08:18
Assists: Eric Robinson · beat Elvis Merzlikins
3–2
3rd period
🧥 Dmitri Voronkov PP Tying 3rd · 04:58
Assists: Sean Monahan, Zach Werenski · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
3–3
Shootout
🧥 Adam Fantilli Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Pyotr Kochetkov
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Aho · Jarvis · Necas 21:54
L2 Staal · Roslovic · Svechnikov 16:25
L3 Martinook · Carrier · Kotkaniemi 14:55
L4 Robinson · Jost · Blake 8:04
D1 Slavin · Burns 25:29
D2 Orlov · Chatfield 21:53
D3 Walker · Smith 13:22
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Monahan · Sillinger · Marchenko 23:10
L2 Voronkov · Johnson · Aston-Reese 17:37
L3 Fantilli · Kuraly · Olivier 13:40
L4 van Riemsdyk · Pyyhtia 9:45
D1 Werenski · Fabbro 26:52
D2 Provorov · Severson 18:36
D3 Mateychuk · Johnson 13:10
D4 Christiansen 4:16

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR CBJ🧥
35 Shots on goal 28
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
21 Hits 14
12 Blocked shots 20
6 Takeaways 6
14 Giveaways 15
8 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 8.6% (3/35) CBJ shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Pyotr Kochetkov
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Elvis Merzlikins
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 64:48 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 7 goals located
Kirill Marchenko · 1st 04:48 · 0–1 Ty Smith · 1st 09:59 · 1–1 Kirill Marchenko · 1st 15:43 · 1–2 Jack Roslovic · 2nd 05:47 · 2–2 Jesperi Kotkaniemi · 2nd 08:18 · 3–2 Dmitri Voronkov · 3rd 04:58 · 3–3
CAR CBJ
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-5-1 (40% win rate, 10 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-2 (62% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-7-1 (11% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Blue Jackets lead the season series 2–1
Dec 152024 🧥CBJ @ 🌪️CAR 1–4 Nov 232024 🌪️CAR @ 🧥CBJ 4–5 SO Apr 162024 🌪️CAR @ 🧥CBJ 3–6 Apr 72024 🧥CBJ @ 🌪️CAR 0–3 Feb 292024 🌪️CAR @ 🧥CBJ 4–2
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Who won Hurricanes vs Blue Jackets on December 31, 2024?

Blue Jackets won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jack Roslovic, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Ty Smith.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Kirill Marchenko (2), Dmitri Voronkov.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Elvis Merzlikins made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Blue Jackets season series?

Blue Jackets lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 28 😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR 2–5 AfterJan 2 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 3–1
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeDec 28 🧥CBJ @ 🐻BOS 0–4 AfterJan 2 🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ 5–4
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