HURRICANES (10-8-4) at BLUE JACKETS (15-8-1) 7 p.m. ET; FS-O, FS-CR, NHL.TV
The Blue Jackets look to rebound after a 3-1 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Monday ended a six-game winning streak. Carolina tries for its second straight win and fourth in the past six games after defeating the Nashville Predators 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday. The Hurricanes are 11-3-3 vs. the Blue Jackets the past 17 games, including 1-0-1 this season.
Players to watch
Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past seven games. He assisted on two goals by center Jordan Staal when the Hurricanes defeated the Blue Jackets 3-1 at Columbus on Nov. 10. Blue Jackets rookie center Pierre-Luc Dubois, who scored his fourth goal of the season Monday, may shift back to his natural wing position when Wennberg returns.
They said it
"The best way to do that is to play in their end and tire them out, and make sure they're taking long shifts and we're taking short ones and continue with that the whole game." -- Hurricanes center Jordan Staal on exploiting the Blue Jackets playing on back-to-back nights "This is my last night I'm speaking of the power play. I'm tired of talking about that." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella after Columbus went 0-for-5 on Monday and has the NHL's worst power play (8.9 percent)
The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate. … Korpisalo may start for the first time since Nov. 7 against the Nashville Predators, eight games ago.
Stat pack
Aho has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past seven games. … Williams has three points (goal, two assists) in his past three games and is one point shy of 700 in the NHL. … Faulk needs one point for 200 in the League. … Tortorella needs one win for 100th with the Blue Jackets (99-65-17). … Columbus is 1-for-28 on the power play (3.6 percent) in its past 11 games.
