With the win, Columbus is just 2 points behind Ottawa, which holds the final wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

COLUMBUS -- Kirill Marchenko scored twice, and Sean Monahan had three assists when the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. Adam Fantilli had the deciding goal in the fourth round and Elvis Merzlikins stopped three of four Carolina attempts.

Adam Fantilli scored the shootout winner as the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Tuesday night.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday. Here is our quick recap of the game.

Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin missed Tuesday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury.

Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Pittsburgh Penguins veteran center Evgeni Malkin, 38, who had not missed a game since the 2021-22 season, a streak of 209 consecutive contests, did not play in Tuesday's home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury.

Dmitry Voronkov gets his big body to the front and redirects a shot/pass from Kirill Marchenko to put the Blue Jackets on the board 3:20 into the game. Perhaps dazed by the early goal, the Pens do almost literally nothing all period.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins have seen superstar veteran Evgeni Malkin play in every game since he returned from offseason surgery ahead of the 2021-22 season. Ahead of their meeting with the Columbus Blue Jackets,