Hurricanes at Blue Jackets preview

HURRICANES (0-0-1) at BLUE JACKETS (1-0-0)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, FS-O, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Game

Sergei Bobrovsky will make his season debut for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Carolina Hurricanes at Nationwide Arena on Friday. Backup Joonas Korpisalo made 18 saves in a 3-2 overtime win at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. Coach John Tortorella said earlier this week that both goaltenders would play because of the back-to-back and he wanted to give Bobrovsky a chance to play the home opener.
Bobrovsky, a two-time the Vezina Trophy winner, was 37-22-6 with a 2.42 goals-against average, a .921 save percentage and five shutouts last season.
Rod Brind'Amour will try again for his first NHL coaching victory after the Hurricanes lost 2-1 in overtime to the New York Islanders on Thursday in his debut. Brind'Amour, who played 10 of his 20 NHL seasons with Carolina, was a Hurricanes assistant for the past seven seasons.

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Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov, the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, played 11:48 in his debut Thursday. He had three shots on goal and hit the post twice in five shot attempts.
Forward Artemi Panarin, who led the Blue Jackets in scoring last season, got the overtime winner and had an assist against the Red Wings.

They said it

"You can see the confidence building since Day One of training camp to now in the game. He wants the puck." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour on Svechnikov
"It's huge. You want to get that monkey off your back. You want to get that win and get things rolling." -- Blue Jackets defenseman Ryan Murray after the victory at Detroit

Hurricanes projected lineup

Micheal Ferland -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Brock McGinn -- Martin Necas -- Valentin Zykov
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Brett Pesce
Curtis McElhinney
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Phillip Di Giuseppe
Injured:Scott Darling (lower body), Victor Rask (hand)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Josh Anderson
Sonny Milano - Riley Nash -- Anthony Duclair
Zach Werenski -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Dean Kukan -- Gabriel Carlsson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Markus Hannikainen, Lukas Sedlak, Adam Clendening
Injured:Scott Harrington (upper body), Seth Jones (knee)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … McElhinney, who played for the Blue Jackets from 2013-17, might start after Mrazek played against the Islanders. He was claimed on waivers Monday from the Toronto Maple Leafs. … Foligno and Milano might swap lines as they did during the game Thursday.

Stat pack

Nash, who played his 400th NHL game in his Columbus debut on Thursday, had 81 points (31 goals, 50 assists) for the Hurricanes from 2011-16.