Hurricanes at Ducks

HURRICANES (12-2-0) at DUCKS (10-4-3)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Teuvo Teravainen -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Steven Lorentz
Jaccob Slavin -- Ethan Bear
Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo
Brendan Smith -- Ian Cole
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Derek Stepan
Injured: Brett Pesce (undisclosed)
Ducks projected lineup
Adam Henrique -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Troy Terry
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Trevor Zegras -- Sonny Milano
Mason McTavish -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Derek Grant -- Sam Steel --
Sam Carrick
Hampus Lindholm -- Jamie Drysdale
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Simon Benoit -- Kevin Shattenkirk
John Gibson
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Injured: Rickard Rakell (upper body), Max Jones (upper body), Max Comtois (upper body)
Status report
Pesce, a defenseman, will be a game-time decision; he has missed five games. ... Aho did not participate in the morning skate, but will play. ... Andersen will start for the first time since making 28 saves in a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. ... Rakell practiced Wednesday for the first time since the forward was injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 28. He's week to week. ... Comtois, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.