Hurricanes knock off Jackets

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 Blue Jackets last night in Columbus, Ohio.

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 Scott Darling was injured last weekend. A former Columbus backup, McElhinney got the start after Petr Mrazek played the first leg of a back-toback on Thursday.

Brandon Dubinsky scored and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 32 shots for the Blue Jackets.

Martinook got it started 1:43 into the game when he rifled a shot over Bobrovsky’s glove from the slot off a nice feed from 18-year-old Andrei Svechnikov, the No. 2 pick in the June draft who picked up his first NHL point with the assist.

Dubinsky tied it later in the first when he tipped in a rebound off McElhinney’s skate.

Aho chipped a shot up over Bobrovsky from the doorstep to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead 61⁄2 minutes into the second period. Later in the second, McElhinney made a critical save, swallowing up a point-blank shot from Josh Anderson on a breakaway.

Elsewhere in the NHL — The Players Association has filed an appeal on behalf of Tom Wilson after the Capitals forward was suspended 20 games for an illegal check to the head.

Wilson was suspended for his hit on Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist in Washington’s preseason finale . . . .

New Jersey Devils forward Jesper Bratt will miss the start of the season because of a broken jaw.