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Tarasov absorbs a tough night as Blue Jackets' backup, the NHL's scheduling quirks plus a troublesome center shortage: 3 takeaways

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes are looking to keep a three-game win streak going when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets. Carolina is 29-16-3 overall with a 12-4-2 record in Metropolitan Division play. The Hurricanes have gone 27-4-2 when scoring at least three goals.

Coming off a memorable win Wednesday night in Toronto, Columbus has another chance at two points against a division rival

The Hurricanes turned up their intensity, pressured the Blue Jackets into numerous mistakes and pinned the puck inside the Columbus zone ... North Carolina, until 3 a.m. Thursday.

Despite blowing a two-goal lead in a 7-4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes ... pressured the Blue Jackets into numerous mistakes and pinned the puck inside the Columbus zone while peppering Tarasov ...

Kent Johnson (14), Kirill Marchenko (19), James van Riemsdyk (10), and Dmitri Voronkov (18) scored the goal for Columbus, and Daniil Tarasov allowed 6 goals on 42 shots in the Hurricanes 7-4 win over the Blue Jackets 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.

The Blue Jackets ran out of gas — physically, emotionally or both — in the second period on Thursday, allowing the Hurricanes to score five consecutive goals on their way to a 7-4 win before 18,700. Carolina teed up 24 shots on goal in the second, the most the Blue Jackets have allowed in a period all season.

Setback' with wrist injury pushes Monahan's likely return for Blue Jackets into March and extends Fantilli's role replacing him on the top line.

Saturday marked the 19th straight game at home in which Werenski has registered at least a point, the longest streak in franchise history.