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.

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.

Kirill Marchenko collected two goals and an assist to fuel the host Columbus Blue Jackets to a 6-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Ivan Provorov and Adam Fantilli each recorded a goal and an assist for Columbus,

Marchenko had a much better evening. He grinned ear-to-ear — his default visage, it seems — after scoring two goals and adding an assist in the Blue Jackets’ 6-4 victory over the Stars before 16,897 in Nationwide Arena.

It’s been a while since the Dallas Stars (37-19-2) had a game like Tuesday night’s contest. The Columbus Blue Jackets (28-22-8) welcomed the Stars into their building and gave them a 6-4 beatdown that easily could have been 6-1.