NHL Game recap for the Columbus Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Carolina Carolina Hurricanes game on January 23, 2025. Follow every play as it happens throughout the NHL season on CBS Sports and the CBS Sports app.

Frederik Andersen earned a win in his first home start since opening night, and Seth Jarvis had four points for Carolina in the Hurricanes’ home win over Columbus.

Blue Jackets fall to 0-7-0 in the second game of back-to-backs after watching Hurricanes easily erase 2-0 lead in Raleigh.

The NHL is going to have some tight races when it comes to the end-of-season awards, and the Columbus Blue Jackets might have a surprise entrant for a key one.

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Evason knew he was taking on a challenge, but he expected to have Monahan playing with forward Johnny Gaudreau, his close friend and former Calgary Flames teammate. He expected to have captain Boone Jenner and defenseman Erik Gudbranson to lead a group of skilled young players.

The Blue Jackets are still 10-3-2 in their last 15, so it’s fair to say this is a matchup of two of the hotter teams in the NHL, placing fourth (Columbus) and tied for seventh (Toronto) in the NHL in points since Dec. 19.

Ahead of their Metropolitan Division showdown vs. the New York Islanders, the Blue Jackets arrived in Ohio State football jerseys. Here's more:

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 face-off 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 New York Rangers won again, 6-1 against the Philadelphia Flyers, to extend their [point streak to 1o games (7-0-3).

Talks are beginning to heat up between defenseman Ivan Provorov and the Columbus Blue Jackets on a long-term extension as per The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun. The soon-to-be unrestricted free agent is highly interested in signing an extension with Columbus.