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COLUMBUS Karl Alzner Jersey Womens , Ohio —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 Joel Armia Jersey Womens , 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, 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 Torey Krug Jersey ,” 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.” DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings are playing inspired hockey after a sluggish start to the season.Defenseman Mike Green had a goal and two assists and the Red Wings extended their winning streak to four games with a 6-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.Detroit has won seven of its last eight to get back to .500 (8-8-2) after a 1-7-2 start.A big part of the turnaround has been getting Green back. He missed the first nine games of the season recovering from a virus that attacked his liver. The Red Wings are 7-2 in the nine games since his return.“He’s a huge impact offensively and defensively, he skates so well runs the power play so well,” said rookie defenseman Dennis Cholowski, Green’s partner, who scored a goal Tuesday.Andreas Athanasiou added a goal and an assist for the third straight game, and Anthony Mantha, Michael Rasmussen and Luke Glendening also scored.Jimmy Howard made 24 saves. The six goals are a season best for the Red Wings.“I thought that early on we did a lot of good things and it kind of got away from us a little bit,” Green said. “But sometimes when you get the bounces they just go in. That was the case tonight Womens Tuukka Rask Jersey , so we’ll take it.”Lawson Crouse scored for Arizona. Darcy Kuemper stopped 12 shots and rookie Hunter Miska made eight saves in his NHL debut.“Just a half -second slow, everywhere,” Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. “Detroit was fast.”Detroit charged to a 3-0 lead in the first period.Mantha opened the scoring with 9:47 left in the opening period. It was Mantha’s sixth goal and third in two games.Cholowski made it 2-0 2:11 later. Arizona challenged that Kuemper was interfered with by the Red Wings Justin Abdelkader at the edge of the crease, but the goal was upheld. It was Cholowski’s third goal.Rasmussen made it 3-0 with a 5-on-3 power-play goal with 2:38 remaining in the first. It was Rasmussen’s third goal.Glendening made it 4-0 with 8:28 left in the second period on a breakaway. It was Glendening’s second goal.Arizona had an apparent goal 1:38 into the second period by Christian Fischer reversed. Detroit challenged that the play was offside going into the Red Wings zone, and replays showed that it was.Athanasiou scored on a breakaway 1:44 into the third period. It was Athanasiou’s seventh goal.That goal also sent Kuemper to the bench in favor of Miska.Green got his first goal of the season 7:10 into the third.Crouse spoiled Howard’s shutout bid with 8:39 left.NOTES: Arizona D Jakob Chychrun made his season debut. He had not played since having knee surgery after being injuring against the Calgary Flames on April 3.The Coyotes also announced that they signed Chychrun to a six-year contract extension worth $4.6 million annually, beginning next season. … Detroit was without D Jonathan Ericsson (lower body), F Thomas Vanek (lower body) and C Jacob de la Rose (upper body). … It was the Red Wings annual Hockey Fights Cancer Night to help support cancer awareness.UP NEXT:Arizona: Hosts Nashville on Thursday.Detroit: Visits Ottawa on Thursday.