Welcome back to Columbus Blue Jackets hockey! The Columbus Blue Jackets kicked off their 22nd NHL season in Raleigh as they opened on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Jackets welcomed three new faces to the lineup tonight: Johnny Gaudreau, the prize offseason signing, along with defenseman Erik Gudbranson and heavy forward Mathieu Olivier.
The team announced early on gameday that Elvis Merzlikins would miss the game due to illness, with Jet Greaves emergency recalled from the Cleveland Monsters to back up starting netminder Daniil Tarasov. Kent Johnson was simultaneously loaned to the Cleveland Monsters.
The lineups for the two teams as follows:
Here’s what happened in game one of the 2022-23 NHL season.