Columbus has 16 victories this year, and 10 of them have been against teams that made it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs a season ago. The latest came New Year’s Eve, as the Blue Jackets won a 4-3 shootout final over a team that’s made the postseason six straight years and won three of the last four Metropolitan Division titles.

Adam Fantilli scored in the fourth round of a shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Blue Jackets return to Nationwide Arena tonight, where the confines have certainly been friendly. Columbus is 11-4-3 at home this season, with their total of 25 home points tied for ninth in the NHL, and the cannon has gotten a workout as no team has scored more goals in its home building than the Jackets’ 73 tallies.

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday. Here is our quick recap of the game.

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Pregame analysis and predictions of the Detroit Red Wings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets NHL game to be played on January 2, 2025 on ESPN.

Merzlikins makes shootout goals by Johnson, Fantilli stand up in the Blue Jackets' second win against the Hurricanes this season.