Hurricanes score six unanswered, rally past Blue Jackets

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brock McGinn and Teuvo Teravainen each scored four points, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied with six unanswered goals for a 7-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PNC Arena on Monday.

Jordan Staal scored twice, and Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes (10-3-0), who have won three in a row. James Reimer made 37 saves, and Jake Bean had two assists, the defenseman's first two NHL points in his sixth game.
McGinn had two goals and two assists, and Teravainen had a goal and three assists. McGinn, who mostly plays on the third line, skated on the top line with Aho and Teravainen.
"I'm just trying to do a job of getting open," McGinn said. "They just make some special plays and it ends up on my stick, and right now it's working."

Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets (7-6-4). Joonas Korpisalo allowed five goals on 25 shots before being replaced by Elvis Merzlikins (seven saves) to start the third period.
"There were a couple of simple coverages where we just don't get it done," Columbus coach John Tortorella said. "We need to work on things. [There are] guys that need to know how to play hard, need to know how to handle momentum swings. And there are a number of guys, we just have to calm ourselves down with our coverages in our [own] zone."
The Hurricanes scored goals 27 seconds apart early in the second period to take the lead. McGinn tapped in Teravainen's pass through the goal crease to tie it 3-3 at 1:29, and Teravainen gathered a loose puck in the slot and made it 4-3 at 1:56.
"When they start surging a bit, we have to do a better job of checking, moving our feet and getting back to our game," Jenner said. "We can't let them score quick ones like that."
Teravainen kicked a pass from his skate to his stick before passing to Nino Niederreiter in the slot for a power-play goal and a 5-3 lead with 47 seconds left in the period.

Teravainen, who missed three games in the COVID-19 protocol, was held without a point in his first five games after returning. But he scored in a 4-3 shootout win against the Dallas Stars on Saturday and said feels like he is rounding into hockey form.
"I just haven't felt normal," Teravainen said. "I get tired [in] the legs. The timing too; I haven't played in a long time. But it's starting to feel a little better now, so that's good."
McGinn tipped Bean's shot in the slot to extend the lead to 6-3 at 11:35 of the third period. He has nine points (seven goals, two assists) in 13 games this season.
"When you put guys that do it right with some real talented players, you have a chance to see these kinds of results," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said.
Andrei Svechnikov's shot went off Staal for a power-play goal that made it 7-3 at 11:54. Staal has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past five games.
"This year, he's a special guy," Svechnikov said of Staal. "It's so fun to play with him. It's kind of easy to play with him."
Cam Atkinson gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead 26 seconds into the first period. After Patrik Laine's shot was blocked by Dougie Hamilton, Atkinson followed his own rebound at the top of the crease.
Jenner made it 2-0 at 5:55 when he won a battle in front of the net.
Aho cut it to 2-1 with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle at 13:14.

Kevin Stenlund's power-play goal gave Columbus a 3-1 lead at 15:53. He batted the puck out of the air from the left circle on a long rebound.
Staal took a feed from Warren Foegele and put in his own rebound to cut it to 3-2 with 28 seconds left in the period.
NOTES: Hurricanes forward Cedric Paquette, acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, led the Hurricanes with five hits and was minus-1 in 11:33. He was acquired with forward Alex Galchenyuk for forward Ryan Dzingel. Galchenyuk was placed on waivers Sunday and was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for forward Egor Korshkov and defenseman David Worsofsky on Monday. Galchenyuk did not play a game for Carolina. ... Forward Stefan Matteau had four hits in 12:00 in his season debut with the Blue Jackets. … Columbus defenseman Seth Jones' point streak ended at six games (seven points; one goal, six assists). … Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski (undisclosed) was scratched one game after returning to the lineup after missing three games with a lower-body injury.