The Carolina Hurricanes close out the regular season against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
Heading into the final game of the regular season on Tuesday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Carolina Hurricanes (52-22-7) can finish as high as second place in the Eastern Conference. They enter today as the second seed and are riding a five-game winning streak, setting the stage for today’s season finale against the Columbus Blue Jackets (26-43-12). This season the Blue Jackets are in last place in the Eastern Conference and will finish this season with the fourth-worst record in the NHL overall. Columbus heads into this match on a four-game losing streak and has lost seven of the last 10 games overall.
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Game Date: April 16, 2024
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: Bally Sports Ohio Extra 9 (Dayton)
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The last time these teams took the ice Carolina won in a shutout. That was the team’s third win of the season against Columbus, putting them in a position to sweep the season series today.
Overall this season Carolina has a 10-4 goal differential against Columbus in the first three games. They won the first game 3-2, then the next two games 4-2 and 3-0, as Carolina has dominated Columbus all season.
In the last game between the teams Carolina jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period behind goals from Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho. Then in the third period Teuvo Teravainen rounded out the scoring with a goal. That win came during the current five-game winning streak for Carolina with the team outscoring opponents 20-7.
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