Led by the first two-goal game of Brett Pesce’s NHL career — and five goals in total from Canes’ blue liners on the night — the Carolina Hurricanes topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 Thursday night in Columbus for Rod Brind’Amour’s 200th win as a head coach.
Pesce scored in the first and the third period, while his fellow defensemen Brent Burns, Jalen Chatfield and Jaccob Slavin joined the scoring. Seth Jarvis added Carolina’s sixth goal of the game as the only forward to score. In net for the Hurricanes, Frederik Andersen played for the first time since Nov.