Blue Jackets Smash Hurricanes 4-1 in Dominant Showdown!

Russell LaBounty-Imagn Images Never trust a game with a number that matches a brainrot meme… In the Carolina Hurricanes’ 67th game of the season, they were handed a hard loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, who defeated them 5-1 for part one of the Hurricanes’ back-to-back Metropolitan Division set. Nicolas Deslauriers dropped the gloves with Mathieu Olivier , Seth Jarvis was a blood-thirsty menace who couldn’t stay out of the box, Jaccob Slavin ate a puck, and I’m still confused on the decision to allow a goal that was clear goalie interference…just wait until you hear what the referees told Rod Brind’Amour about it. The Hurricanes came out of the gates strong on Tuesday evening, but after Jarvis took a double minor for high-sticking Zach Werenski before even five minutes had been played, the momentum swung quickly into the Blue Jackets’ direction.

The wildest part, that wasn’t even the only double minor for a stick infraction Jarvis took, as he later did the same thing to Conor Garland in the third period, though… a bit worse . Garland left the ice crimson and went down the tunnel. He has already accumulated 13 penalty minutes since ending his ‘good guy streak’ in the previous game.

Seth Jarvis has gone 41 consecutive games without taking a penalty. The only other active players with streaks above 30 games and 15 minutes a night: Jean-Gabriel Pageau Mark Scheifele Teuvo Teravainen — The Canes Stats Brand™ (@CanesStats) March 14, 2026 By the time the second period began, the Blue Jackets were already up by two goals, and the Hurricanes had nothing going for them. And so, in classic enforcer fashion, Deslauriers got down to business in his Hurricanes debut as he dropped the gloves with the Blue Jackets’ renowned bruiser.

As always, after the fight, he was sure to give a helmet tap to Olivier – his signature show of respect. He did his job well, giving Carolina enough spark for Andrei Svechnikov to score and halve Columbus’s lead. However, that was all the Hurricanes could manage in the scoring department.