Final · April 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : CBJ 10 — CAR 21 · Lenovo Center
Three stars
- 1★
L. StankovenCAR · C · 2B 0A - 2★
S. AhoCAR · C · 0B 2A - 3★
T. HallCAR · L · 0B 2A
CBJGame statsCAR 
- 10Shots on goal21
- 40 %Faceoff win %60 %
- 0/3Power play1/2
- 6Penalty minutes8
- 18Hits19
- 14Blocked shots19
- 17Giveaways19
- 8Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| CAR | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
Season seriesCBJ 1 – 3 CAR
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← CBJ 1 / 10 / 255 / 21 / 37 CAR →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
- Logan StankovenCAR · 02:27Assists : K'Andre Miller, Taylor Hall0 – 1▶ Watch
- Logan StankovenCAR · 08:52Assists : Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake0 – 2▶ Watch
Alexander NikishinCAR · 12:50 · SHAssists : Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho0 – 3▶ Watch
2nd period
Denton MateychukCBJ · 11:24Assists : Boone Jenner, Isac Lundeström1 – 3▶ Watch
Jordan MartinookCAR · 11:37Assists : Jordan Staal1 – 4▶ Watch
3rd period
Andrei SvechnikovCAR · 06:44 · PPAssists : Shayne Gostisbehere, Sebastian Aho1 – 5▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 11:31CARK'Andre Miller — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Danton Heinen
2nd period
- 03:14CBJDenton Mateychuk — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Taylor Hall
3rd period
- 04:34CARShayne Gostisbehere — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
- 05:35CBJIvan Provorov — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Jordan Staal
- 07:34CARShayne Gostisbehere — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Miles Wood
- 11:22CBJDanton Heinen — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by K'Andre Miller
- 11:22CARK'Andre Miller — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Danton Heinen
Box score
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. CoyleC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| C. SillingerC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 |
| M. WoodL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 |
| A. FantilliC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| I. LundestromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:34 |
| S. MonahanC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| B. JennerC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 15:04 |
| D. HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:37 |
| L. Del Bel BelluzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 |
| C. GarlandR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| K. MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| K. JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| D. MateychukD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:29 |
| E. ZamulaD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 16:19 |
| Z. WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 |
| I. ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 20:08 |
| D. FabbroD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| E. GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:22 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Greaves | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| E. Merzlikins(L) | 16/21 | 76.2 % | 59:53 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15:53 |
| S. AhoC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| L. StankovenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15:09 |
| S. JarvisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:42 |
| N. EhlersL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| W. CarrierL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| A. SvechnikovR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:59 |
| J. MartinookL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:04 |
| E. RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 12:12 |
| J. BlakeR | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:42 |
| T. HallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:50 |
| M. JankowskiL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 11:29 |
| S. GostisbehereD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| J. ChatfieldD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:44 |
| K. MillerD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:45 |
| A. NikishinD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| S. WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22:51 |
| J. SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. Andersen(W) | 9/10 | 90.0 % | 60:00 |
| B. Bussi | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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