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Dallas Stars Hats Womens , Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella chose not to start No. 1 goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in the season opener, but he’ll be back in his familiar position between the pipes for the home opener against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night at Nationwide Arena.Tortorella’s decision to start backup Joonas Korpisalo against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night raised some eyebrows, not necessarily that Bobrovsky was out of the lineup but because he’s in the final year of his contract and questions have swirled about his future with the team, even though Tortorella is already tired of hearing them.“Korpi deserves an opportunity,” Tortorella said before the opener. “He had a pretty good camp.”Article continues below ...That carried over into the first game. Korpisalo made 18 saves and Artemi Panarin’s goal in overtime gave the Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory, their seventh straight win over the Red Wings.Bobrovsky wasn’t all that sharp in exhibition games, but the regular season is what counts and the veteran know what it takes to prepare for the long haul of an 82-game marathon.So do his teammates. Back-to-back games might not be the ideal situation to start a season, but Blue Jackets players didn’t seem to mind, especially after winning on the road.“There’s no point in being tired because it’s the first games of the season so you’re still in your best shape,” center Alexander Wennberg said. “You’ve got to make the best of it.”Winger Cam Atkinson scored a first-period goal and Josh Anderson added one in the second period for the aggressive Blue Jackets, who outshot the Red Wings 39-20.Atkinson became the 11th player in NHL history with a goal in at least five straight season openers. He welcomes the quick turnaround.“I like the fact we get on the road before the home opener,” Atkinson said, according to the team’s website. “I like playing in back-to-back games. Your adrenaline is still there. It’s kind of relaxed. The building is going to be buzzing here.”The Blue Jackets face a team that’s also on the back end of two games in two nights
Custom Dallas Stars Jerseys , but the difference for the Hurricanes is they’re playing the second game on the road after a loss. Carolina stumbled out of the gate, falling 2-1 in overtime to the New York Islanders.Carolina rallied to tie with 1:35 left in the third period on a goal by Jordan Staal, but New York’s Josh Bailey responded 43 seconds into overtime to give Barry Trotz a win in his Islanders coaching debut.“We’re planning on playing a lot more than 82 games this year,” Hurricanes captain Justin Williams said. “This was just one. One that didn’t go our way.”The Hurricanes and Blue Jackets are dealing with the loss of several key players at the start of the season.Carolina placed goaltender Scott Darling (lower body) on injured reserve this week and signed former Columbus goalie Curtis McElhinney to back up Petr Mrazek, who was signed July 1 and made his Carolina debut with 18 saves after six seasons with the Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers.“It’s a setback, no doubt, but that’s why we got Petr in here,” said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour, making his Carolina debut along with 2018 No. 2 overall draft pick Andrei Svechnikov (three shots on goal against the Islanders).Carolina also is without center Victor Rask for at least four weeks after he underwent surgery on the fourth and fifth fingers of his right hand. He was placed on the injured non-roster list.The Blue Jackets are missing all-star defenseman Seth Jones for at least the first month of the season and fellow blue-liner Scott Harrington. Jones suffered a knee injury in an exhibition game that forced Tortorella to shuffle his back-end pairings.But he was pleased that defenseman Ryan Murray recovered from a preseason injury to contribute to the opening victory.“Really good news that he’s back,” Tortorella said. “We weren’t expecting it. We’ll see where it goes.” ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Even after a tremendous late-season surge capped by seven straight home victories, the Anaheim Ducks‘ playoff position won’t be determined until the final day of the regular season.The Ducks are grateful to be pushed, and they plan to keep shoving deep into the NHL postseason.Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and two assists
www.redwingsshoponline.com , and the Ducks maintained their late-season charge with their ninth win in 11 games overall, 5-3 over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.Josh Manson and Andrew Cogliano each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who leapfrogged the Los Angeles Kings by one point for third place in the Pacific Division. The playoff-bound rivals have been trading the spot down the stretch, and the race will go down to the final game – with second place also in play for Anaheim.”It’s been a long season, but we still want to take that next step,” Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin said.Anaheim clinched its sixth consecutive playoff berth Wednesday, but it can’t let up heading into its finale at Arizona on Saturday night. The Ducks and the Coyotes will begin about 90 minutes before the Kings host the Stars.What’s more, if the Ducks win and the San Jose Sharks lose in regulation to Minnesota later in the night, Anaheim will jump into second, earning home ice for at least one round.Anaheim’s streak of five consecutive Pacific Division titles is ending, but bigger banners are still available to a team hitting its stride.”The whole team is building that confidence, and we’re playing the right way,” Silfverberg said. ”We just need to make sure we have a strong finish tomorrow and see who we get.”Rickard Rakell and Derek Grant also scored before Cogliano got a key breakaway goal with 5:25 to play for the Ducks
Detroit Red Wings T-Shirts Womens , who have lost in regulation at home just once in 17 games since Jan. 23.Ryan Miller made 23 saves to win his second straight start in place of John Gibson. Miller also earned the 369th victory of his NHL career, tying Tom Barrasso for second among U.S.-born goaltenders.Jamie Benn scored his 33rd goal and added an assist for the Stars, who aren’t going out quietly in their disappointing season. After beating playoff-bound Minnesota and San Jose in their previous two games, the Stars gave a scare to the Ducks before taking their 10th loss in 13 games.”(The Ducks) looked like a team that’s getting ready for the playoffs,” Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock said. ”We looked like a team that still was trying, but they had details in our game that we didn’t have, and that part, I’m sure, is disappointing for everybody.”Mike McKenna stopped 28 shots in his second appearance of the season for Dallas and the 34-year-old veteran’s 25th NHL appearance of his lengthy hockey career. McKenna, who got a win over San Jose in relief on Tuesday, has been the third goalie most of the season for the Stars, who are his fifth NHL team and 15th professional team.”I allowed five goals, so I’m disappointed we didn’t win the game more than anything
Detroit Red Wings Hoodies Womens ,” said McKenna, who will head back to the AHL next week for the Texas Stars’ playoff push. ”There’s room for improvement. Go back, look at video and try to get better again. Doesn’t change anything for me that there’s not more time left here. There’s more time left in the season.”Marc Methot got his first goal in 35 games this season, and Radek Faksa also scored for Dallas.NOTES: During a first-period break, Honda Center aired a tribute video to Beauchemin, who has said he will retire after this season. Beauchemin, who has played three separate stints in Anaheim during his career, acknowledged his standing ovation with a wave. ”I knew it was coming … (but) I still had some problems keeping it together because of all the great memories.” … Ducks D Cam Fowler missed his second straight game with a shoulder injury that could sideline him deep into the playoffs. Gibson also missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury, but it isn’t thought to be serious. … Rakell’s 33rd goal of the season matched his career high and also ended Anaheim’s 0-for-10 power play drought.UP NEXTStars: At Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.Ducks: At Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.—
