Adam Fantilli scored the winning goal in a shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Fantilli scored in the fourth round of the shootout, beating Pyotr Kochetkov five-hole, helping the Blue Jackets improve to 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Kirill Marchenko scored twice, Dmitri Voronkov added a goal and an assist, and Sean Monahan had three assists for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins made 32 saves, earning his third win in his last four starts (3-0-1).
Ty Smith, Jack Roslovic, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored for Carolina, which dropped to 2-3-1 in its last six games. Sebastian Aho had two assists, and Kochetkov made 25 saves.
Carolina outshot Columbus 15-10 in the first period, but the Blue Jackets led 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Marchenko opened the scoring at 4:48 of the first, putting a Monahan pass past Kochetkov. Blue Jackets defenseman Denton Mateychuk earned his first career point with the secondary assist.
Carolina tied the game on a power play when Smith’s shot from the point deflected off Ivan Provorov and past Merzlikins at 9:59.
Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)Columbus regained the lead at 15:43 when Marchenko scored again, taking advantage of an out-of-position Kochetkov, who had been run over by Brent Burns. Marchenko now has six goals and nine assists in his last nine games.
Roslovic tied it at 2-2 at 5:47 of the second, tapping in a pass from Seth Jarvis for his team-leading 17th goal.
Carolina took a 3-2 lead at 8:18 of the second when Kotkaniemi backhanded a shot past Merzlikins on the glove side.
Voronkov tied the game 3-3 on a power play at 4:58 of the third, as his cross-ice pass deflected off Jarvis’ skate and into the net.
Carolina defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere missed his second game due to an upper-body injury.
This was the third of four meetings between the two teams, with Carolina’s record now at 1-0-2 in those games. Columbus will visit Carolina on January 23 to finish the season series.
