Jones scores in last minute of OT, Columbus beats Carolina

<p>RALEIGH, N.C. &mdash; Seth Jones scored his second goal with 50.4 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Kevin Stenlund scored in regulation for the Blue Jackets. Oliver Bjorkstrand assisted on all three goals.</p>
<p>Sebastian Aho scored twice for the Hurricanes, who lost their second straight after an eight-game winning streak.</p>
<p>Columbus goalie Joonas Korpisalo stopped 25 shots, including Martin Necas’ attempt off an overtime breakaway.</p>
<p>Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for Carolina in the first of four consecutive meetings between the teams.</p>
<p>Jones opened and closed the scoring, giving him three goals this season.</p>
<p>Aho’s first goal came 51 seconds into the second period. His second goal came on a power play, though the shot was unleashed not too far from the spot of his first tally on the left side of the net.</p>
<p>Aho pulled even with Nino Niederreiter, who had scored in each of the past two games, and injured Vincent Trocheck for the team lead in goals with 13.</p>
<p>Stenlund, who wasn’t in the team’s original lineup, tied the game with 2:10 remaining in the second period. It was his fifth goal of the season.</p>
<p>It was the fourth consecutive Columbus game to go beyond regulation. It marked the 18th one-goal game for the Blue Jackets, who are 9-2-7 in those games.</p>
<p>THAT WORKED OUT</p>
<p>Stenlund had gone seven consecutive games without a point and was set to be a healthy scratch before the lineup change. He replaced Mikhail Grigorenko, who was out with an illness not related to COVID.</p>
<p>Stenlund, who has scored in both of the team’s games in Raleigh this season, had logged more than 12 minutes only once in his previous six outings.</p>
<p>The Columbus roster was affected by putting center Emil Bemstrom on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury sustained in Wednesday’s practice.</p>
<p>PRODUCING POINTS</p>
<p>Carolina defenseman Dougie Hamilton has a 10-game points streak after his assist on Aho’s second goal.</p>
<p>That’s one game shy of the franchise record for a defenseman.</p>
<p>During the current streak, Hamilton has just one game with more than one point. He holds the NHL’s longest active points streak.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Blue Jackets: Columbus stays for another game vs. Hurricanes on Saturday night.</p>
<p>Hurricanes: Carolina finishes a two-game homestand with Saturday night’s rematch.</p>
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