Hurricanes beat Blue Jackets 3-2 in overtime

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Elias Lindholm scored with 37.8 seconds left in overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night.

It was Carolina's fourth straight win.

Scott Hartnell scored two goals for the Blue Jackets, who lost their seventh straight game.

Carolina's Victor Rask tied the game at 2-2 with 8:09 left in the third period with a shot through traffic.

The second period has been kind to the Blue Jackets this season. They have scored 15 goals in the second period, which is half of their season total of 30. Both of Hartnell's goals came in the second period.

Carolina took the lead early in the second period. Jeff Skinner picked up a Columbus turnover deep in the Blue Jackets' end and beat Curtis McElhinney at 2:43 for a 1-0 lead.

Then Hartnell came alive for the Blue Jackets.

His first goal tied the game at 1-1 at 11:15. Hartnell gave the Blue Jackets the lead at 18:44 when he put a rebound by Carolina goaltender Cam Ward (4-3-1), who made his fifth straight start. Ward finished with 29 saves.

Hartnell also saved a goal behind McElhinney when he jumped into the crease and cut off a puck that deflected off the post. McElhinney (0-3-1) finished with 32 saves.

Carolina, which defeated the Blue Jackets in its last outing, continued to struggle on the power play against Columbus. The Hurricanes went 1 for 7 in this game after posting an 0-for-6 mark with the man advantage in their previous matchup.

The Hurricanes had an apparent power-play goal waved off in the first period after a review determined that Alexander Semin interfered with McElhinney in the crease.

Carolina outshot the Blue Jackets 35-31.

NOTES: Carolina D Tim Gleason was out of the lineup with an undisclosed upper body injury. ... Columbus D Jack Johnson served the first of game of a three-game suspension for a check to the head of Carolina's Jiri Tlusty in their last game on Tuesday.