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.

What a night to be a hockey fan of the Carolina Hurricanes and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Going into the game on Thursday night (Jan. 23), the Blue Jackets will finish the month of January playing six of their seven games on the road.

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.

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.

Any question about the difficulty of playing back-to-back games — especially the dreaded second game after a long previous night of travel — causes the eyes of the Columbus Blue Jackets coach to sparkle and a smile to form while he waits to answer.

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.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes scored five straight goals in the second period, and Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for his 300th NHL win, 7-4 against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Lenovo Center on Thursday.

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.