Ducks at Hurricanes preview

DUCKS (18-24-5) at HURRICANES (27-18-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+, FS-CR, PRIME, NHL.TV

Hamilton broke his left fibula in a collision with Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kevin Stenlund with 17 seconds left in the second period during a 3-2 loss at Nationwide Arena on Thursday. There is no timetable for the return of Hamilton, tied for third on the Hurricanes in scoring with 40 points (14 goals, 26 assists) and is fourth among NHL defensemen. He was selected to play in the 2020 Honda NHL All-Star Game but will be replaced by teammate Jaccob Slavin.
Carolina, looking to avoid its third straight loss following a three-game winning streak, is 5-7-0 in its past 12 games.
The Ducks, who ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win at the Nashville Predators on Thursday, are 4-9-1 in their past 14 games.
Anaheim defeated Carolina 4-2 at Honda Center on Oct. 18.

Players to watch

Ducks goalie Ryan Miller, who could start, is three wins shy of tying Mike Vernon (385) for 15th place on the NHL all-time list.
Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has six points (two goals, four assists) in seven games against Anaheim.

They said it

"It's nice to win games. It's never fun to lose, so we get that win and remind ourselves that we can do that. We can play for 60 minutes and stay on the gas the whole way." -- Ducks defenseman Josh Manson after the win against Nashville on Thursday
"He's probably one of our best players this year, he's our All Star. Obviously, it shook everybody up when that happened. That's a lot of big minutes to find. Guys have got to step up." -- Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook on injured defenseman Dougie Hamilton

Ducks projected lineup

Adam Henrique -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Rickard Rakell
Jakob Silfverberg -- Sam Steel -- Ondrej Kase
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney
Max Jones -- Chase De Leo -- Daniel Sprong
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
Ryan Miller
John Gibson
Scratched: Devin Shore, Michael Del Zotto
Injured: Nick Ritchie (knee)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Sebastian Aho -- Erik Haula -- Warren Foegele
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Teuvo Teravainen
Ryan Dzingel -- Lucas Wallmark -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Martinook -- Brock McGinn
Jaccob Slavin -- Joel Edmundson
Jake Gardiner -- Brett Pesce
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Haydn Fleury
James Reimer
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Justin Williams
Injured:Dougie Hamilton (broken left fibula)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … The Ducks returned center Isac Lundestrom and forward Max Comtois to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … The Hurricanes shuffled all four lines prior to their loss to Columbus.

Stat pack

Anaheim has won five straight games at PNC Arena. … Silfverberg has 15 points (eight goals, seven assists) in 15 games against Carolina. … Teravainen has seven points (three goals, four assists) in 11 games against Anaheim.