Derek Stepan, who is training camp on a professional tryout contract, had two goals and an assist, Brent Burns had a goal and two assists, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Stefan Noesen and Brady Skjei each had a goal and an assist for Carolina, which is 4-0-0 this preseason. Antti Raanta made 25 saves.
Daniil Tarasov allowed three goals on 21 shots for Columbus before being replaced by Jet Greaves, who made 19 saves.
Yegor Chinakhov's fourth goal of the preseason gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead at 5:54 of the first period.
Kotkaniemi tied it 1-1 at 7:15 with a power-play goal, beating Tarasov glove side from the left face-off circle.
Noesen put the Hurricanes ahead 2-1 at 13:54 before Stepan made it 3-1 at 19:55.
Burns extended the lead to 4-1 with a power-play goal at 6:40 of the second period, and Necas made it 5-1 at 10:54.
Skjei pushed it to 6-1 at 11:51.
Stepan scored his third goal of the preseason 46 seconds into the third period to make it 7-1, and Necas also scored his third of the preseason at 17:53 for the 8-1 final.
