Carolina Hurricanes (35-11-4) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (26-23-10)
After the All-Star Break, it seemed like the Carolina Hurricanes might have finally turned the corner and put their revolving door of injuries behind them. Alas, those glory days only lasted for a couple of weeks.
It will be a while before we see Tony DeAngelo back in the lineup, and Brendan Smith will be out for a decent bit of time himself. The result is a severely depleted Hurricanes blue line, necessitating a callup for Jalen Chatfield and no doubt plenty of fingers crossed that they don’t lose any more defensemen from what’s already a unit stretched perilously thin.