COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Charlie Coyle had a goal and three assists, Denton Heinen scored his 100th career goal and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Mason Marchment, Denton Matechuk and Mathieu Olivier also scored for Columbus, which has scored in a season-high 10 straight games (6-0-4). Cole Silinger and Adam Fantilli each had two assists, and Jeter Greaves stopped 27 shots.
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Andrei Svechnikov scored and Brandon Bussi made 25 saves for the Hurricanes.
Marchment scored 5:25 into the first period, and the Blue Jackets have scored within the opening 10 minutes in 13 of their last 20 games. Coyle added another power-play goal in the final minute of Game 1.
Svechnikov scored his 25th goal of the season with 5:55 left in the second period, and Henin and Matechuk scored at 34 seconds.
Olivier scored 7 minutes and 38 seconds into the third quarter.
Next
Hurricanes: Host Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
Blue Jackets: Host the New York Rangers on Thursday.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
