The Columbus Blue Jackets waited too long to get going Thursday night, and a pair of third-period goals couldn’t erase the damage in a 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Jordan Martinook, Logan Stankoven, and Mark Jankowski each scored for the Hurricanes, who were up 1-0 after the first period and 2-0 through 40 minutes. Jankowski’s goal in the opening seconds of the third put Carolina up 3-0 before the Blue Jackets really got to work.

Denton Mateychuk scored for the third straight game to get Columbus on the board with just over 13 minutes left in regulation, and for the third time in two games, Kent Johnson added a power play goal less than three minutes after Mateychuk’s tally.

After the game, forward Charlie Coyle said the Blue Jackets need to play an entire game as they did in the third period.

“We just can’t wait until we’re down and our backs are against a wall,” he said. “We gotta show it from the start and give ourselves our best chance to have a complete game. I don’t know if we’ve showed that this year yet, honestly.”

Goalie Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves for the Hurricanes and remains undefeated in net this season at 9-0-0.

Jet Greaves, who sat behind Cam Talbot in the last two games and saw his first action in nine days, also made 24 saves.

Here’s how the Blue Jackets dipped back below .500 (5-6-0) Thursday night in Raleigh:

CAR: 1, CBJ: 0 (1ST PERIOD, 4:09 REMAINING)

Carolina opens the scoring after Jarvis carries the puck into the Columbus zone and moves it to Martinook, who finds himself with room to shoot in the left circle. Martinook fires a wrist shot that goes off the stick of Erik Gudbranson before going past Greaves, giving the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead.

CAR: 2, CBJ: 0 (2ND PERIOD, 12:13 REMAINING)

The Hurricanes doubled their lead with another goal off the rush. Columbus can’t slow Carolina down in the neutral zone as Nikolaj Ehlers moves the puck to Stankoven, who quickly carries it into the Blue Jackets’ zone and finds some room to work with. With the Columbus defense unable to close the gap fast enough, Stankoven takes advantage of the space and fires a wrister past Greaves to make it 2-0.

CAR: 3, CBJ: 0 (3RD PERIOD, 19:44 REMAINING)

After getting control of the puck in the first few seconds of the third period, Carolina wastes no time. Jarvis outmaneuvers Damon Severson and spots Jankowski waiting in front of the crease, then makes a perfect pass to him. Jankowski flips it in and the Hurricanes go up 3-0.