Seth Jarvis had two goals and two assists and Sebastian Aho added a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes scored five goals in the second period and beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 on Thursday night.

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.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3g) has goals in back-to-back games. Martin Necas (2a) has points in back-to-back games. Frederik Andersen is one win away from 300 career wins and would become the second fastest netminder to that milestone.

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.

Jason Newland is the Site Editor and Reporter for the Columbus Blue Jackets team site with The Hockey News. A resident of Columbus, Jason has spent 10 years writing about the Blue Jackets and in his spare time hangs with his son Trevor, plays softball, and watches all sports. You can follow him at @F1reTheCannon.

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

The Carolina Hurricanes (29-16-3) host the Columbus Blue Jackets (22-18-7) as a part of Thursday’s NHL action, starting at 7:00 PM ET at PNC Arena and broadcast on ESPN+. The Hurricanes sit in third place and the Blue Jackets are 10th in the Eastern Conference.

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.

There were times that the Carolina Hurricanes seemed a little out of kilter during the past month, but they might be hitting their stride again.

Martin Necas and Zachary Werenski are two of the top players to watch when the Carolina Hurricanes face the Columbus Blue Jackets at PNC Arena on Thursday, January 23 at 7:00 PM ET. Buy tickets for this matchup at StubHub!