Columbus Blue Jackets vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2021 · PNC Arena
FS-CR · FS-O
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Blue Jackets 37-31.
Goals came from Andrei Svechnikov, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Warren Foegele and Seth Jones.
Elvis Merzlikins made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 29 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Andrei Svechnikov (9)Brett Pesce (12), Jesper Fast (9)0–114:29 CAR
3rd period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (11)Kevin Stenlund (4)1–100:39 CBJ
Warren Foegele (6)Dougie Hamilton (21), Jordan Martinook (7)1–215:47 CAR
Seth Jones (4)Patrik Laine (7), Jack Roslovic (15)2–219:31 CBJ
SO period
- Oliver BjorkstrandUnassisted3–200:00 CBJ
Team stats
CBJCAR
31Shots on goal37
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
37Hits26
20Blocked shots14
21Giveaways17
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 03:41
David Savard · interference2 min - 2nd 11:24
Brett Pesce · holding2 min - 3rd 06:33Jordan Martinook · slashing2 min
- OT 01:44Seth Jones · high sticking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 11Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 26:33 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 21:40 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 23Stefan MatteauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 49Ryan MacInnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:39 |
| 15Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 63:07 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Warren FoegeleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:59 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:44 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 71Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 19Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:07 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:01 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 18Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:10 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 21Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:22 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 67Morgan GeekieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:35 |
| 78Steven LorentzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 24Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 47James ReimerG | O | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 65:00 |