Columbus Blue Jackets vs Carolina: Lineups, TV, Radio, and More
The home opener is finally here! The Columbus Blue Jackets and Carolina Hurricanes from Nationwide Arena.
Hopefully you’re reading this in your Columbus Blue Jackets sweater, winding down your Friday at work, before you head down to the Arena District. The way life is made to be lived.
Puck drops at NWA just after 7pm tonight for the team’s first home game of the year as well as it’s first divisional matchup.
Following a 3-2 overtime win in Detroit the team flew back home. The Canes are facing a similar situation as they opened their season in Carolina last night. The Hurricanes fell in overtime 2-1 to the New York Islanders.
The forward lines will start out the same as last night. The second and fourth lines saw some shake up throughout the game last night and could see the same thing happen if Torts isn’t happy with their play.
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Artemi Panarin – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno – Alexander Wennberg – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner – Brandon Dubinsky – Josh Anderson
Sonny Milano – Riley Nash – Anthony Duclair
Lines and pairs have not been confirmed yet but I would expect the defense to be shook up a bit. Gabriel Carlsson looked terrible last night and I think Adam Clendening deserves a chance to show what he can do. Clendening had a great preseason, and I’d like to see him get some third pair minutes.
Markus Nutivaara – Ryan Murray
Adam Clendening – Dean Kukan
Sergei will be in net tonight following Joonas filling in nicely as the starter in Detroit. Bob was saved for tonights home game against a divisional opponent that comes on a back-to-back.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Carolina Hurricanes
Michal Ferland – Sebastian Aho– Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele – Jordan Staal – Justin Williams
Brock McGinn – Martin Necas – Andrei Scechnikov
Valentin Zykov – Lucas Wallmark – Jordan Martinook
Jacob Slavin – Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan – Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk – Brett Pesce
Keep an eye out for Martin Necas. As we talked to Andrew Ahr from CanesCountry.com, the 2017 1st round pick will have a big impact on this Hurricanes squad.
Former Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Curtis McElhinney will start in net tonight for the Canes.
Game Information
- Game: Carolina Hurricanes (0-0-1) at Columbus Blue Jackets (1-0-0)
- Time 7 p.m ET
- Location: Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH)
- TV: Fox Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Go, NHL Network
- Radio: 97.1 The Fan (Columbus, OH)
- Live Tweet: @UnionAndBlue
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The Jackets will look to start the season off with two wins in a row backstopped by their Vezina trophy winning goalie. What do you think the final score is? Let us know your prediction in the comments!