The Canes defeated the Blue Jackets 7-4 Thursday night at Lenovo Center.

Kotkaniemi scored a goal Thursday in a 7-4 win over the Blue Jackets. Kotkaniemi has a three-game, four-goal streak on the go after scoring one in the previous 16. He now has 10 goals, 13 assists and 79 shots in 49 games with the Canes.

Blue Jackets fall to 0-7-0 in the second game of back-to-backs after watching Hurricanes easily erase 2-0 lead in Raleigh.

Frederik Andersen earned a win in his first home start since opening night, and Seth Jarvis had four points for Carolina in the Hurricanes’ home win over Columbus.

Seth Jarvis had two goals and two assists and Sebastian Aho added a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes scored five goals in the second period and beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 on Thursday night.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead at 7:08 of the first period. After the Blue Jackets forced a turnover, Luca Del Bel Belluz fed a pass to Johnson, who scored five-hole from the left faceoff circle. Kirill Marchenko made it 2-0 at 9:48 when he took a cross-ice backhand pass from Adam Fantilli and roofed a shot over Andersen’s glove.

Hurricanes' Frederik Andersen won his 300th National Hockey League game on Thursday night against the Blue Jackets.

frazzling Blue Jackets goalie Daniil Tarasov, who had been fantastic to start the game. Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored an insurance goal in the third for the Hurricanes, pushing it to 6-4 before Jarvis ...

The Carolina Hurricanes went turbo-mode in the second period Thursday night, scoring five straight goals in a 7-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets ... and Jesperi Kotkaniemi all scored ...

Eric Robinson, Jackson Blake, Jordan Martinook and Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored ... edge in shots in the second period. Takeaways Blue Jackets: Columbus struck for two goals in the first 10 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Frederik Andersen will try to backstop the Carolina Hurricanes to a fourth consecutive victory on Thursday when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Vegas Golden Knights after the Blue Jackets beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in overtime.