Adam Fantilli scored in the fourth round of a shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. After Fantilli beat Pyotr Kochetkov, Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins denied Sebastian Aho to win it and push the Blue Jackets' home record to 12-4-3 this season.

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The Blue Jackets return to Nationwide Arena tonight, where the confines have certainly been friendly. Columbus is 11-4-3 at home this season, with their total of 25 home points tied for ninth in the NHL, and the cannon has gotten a workout as no team has scored more goals in its home building than the Jackets’ 73 tallies.

Merzlikins makes shootout goals by Johnson, Fantilli stand up in the Blue Jackets' second win against the Hurricanes this season.

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COLUMBUS -- Kirill Marchenko scored twice, and Sean Monahan had three assists when the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. Adam Fantilli had the deciding goal in the fourth round and Elvis Merzlikins stopped three of four Carolina attempts.

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday. Here is our quick recap of the game.

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