HURRICANES 3, BLUE
JACKETS 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sebastian Aho and Micheal
Ferland each had a goal and an assist and Curtis
McElhinney -- picked up off waivers three days ago -- had 31
saves in the Carolina
Hurricanes' 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue
Jackets on Friday night.
Jordan
Martinook also scored to help give Carolina coach Rod
Brind'Amour his first NHL win and ruin the home opener for the
Blue Jackets.
The 35-year-old McElhinney was signed Tuesday as a backup
after starting goalie Darling was injured last weekend. A former Columbus
backup, McElhinney got the start Friday after Petr Mrazek played
the first leg of a back-to-back the previous night.
Brandon
Dubinsky scored and Sergei
Bobrovsky stopped 32 shots for the Blue Jackets.
SHARKS 3, KINGS 2, OT
LOS ANGELES -- Kevin LaBanc scored 2:53 into overtime to
give San Jose the victory over Los Angeles.
The Sharks took a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by Timo Meier and
Evander King before Los Angeles rallied to force the overtime.
Martin Jones made
19 saves as San Jose got its first win of the season after losing to Anaheim
5-2 on Wednesday.
Anze Kopitar and Tyler Toffoli scored,
and Jonathan
Quick made 30 saves for Los Angeles, which dropped an opener
for the first time since 2015.
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