The Columbus Blue Jackets are 2-0 since the NHL break, and Tuesday against the Dallas Stars, their offense got going early at Nationwide Arena.

COLUMBUS -- Kirill Marchenko had two goals and an assist for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 6-4 win against the Dallas Stars at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. Ivan Provorov and Adam Fantilli each had a goal and an assist, and Dmitri Voronkov had two assists for the Blue Jackets (28-22-8), who have won two straight. Elvis Merzlikins made 19 saves.

Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason, defenseman Ivan Provorov, right wing Kirill Marchenko and center Adam Fantilli on 6-4 victory over Stars.

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Kirill Marchenko scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 for their second straight win to keep them in the hunt for an Eastern Conference wild-card spot

(AP Photo/LM Otero)(LM Otero / AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Dallas Stars fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-4 on Tuesday night to snap their 3-game winning streak. Kirill Marchenko scored twice for Columbus and Ivan Provorov added a goal and an assist ...

Marchenko, who has five 3-point games this season, scored only 30 seconds into the game, the earliest in a game the Blue Jackets have scored this season. He led the Blue Jackets with nine shot attempts and had another strong scoring chance in the third that he couldn’t bury.

The Stars Columbus is 17-16-5 at home and 32-36-7 in 75 all-time games against Dallas. The Jackets are 2-7-1 in the last 10 vs. the Stars. The Blue Jackets are 10-4-2 in the last 16 at NWA.

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The Dallas Stars rolled into Columbus on Tuesday ... but for the most part we concentrate on who we are and how the Columbus Blue Jackets play the game,” coach Dean Evason said.

The Dallas Stars are in Columbus tonight to play the CBJ for the final time this season. The Stars won the previous meeting 5-3 on February 2nd.