Hurricanes at Ducks preview

HURRICANES (6-2-0) at DUCKS (5-2-0)
10 p.m. ET; PRIME, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Ducks are 3-0-0 at home for the first time since the 2014-15 season, when they won their first four at Honda Center.
The Hurricanes were 6-1-0, their best seven-game start since entering the NHL as the Hartford Whalers in 1979, before losing 5-2 at the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday in the second of their four-game road trip.
Carolina defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk is set to make his season debut after recovering from left-shoulder surgery May 2. The Hurricanes plan to use 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Erik Haula has four points (three goals, one assist) in a four-game point streak.
Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg has six points (three goals, three assists) and is plus-9 in his past five games. He has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in 14 games against the Hurricanes.

They said it

"Sometimes it can be in your favor, to be honest with you. ... Whoever's not as gassed, you throw them out there. It's actually fun." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour on playing with 11 forwards.
"We're going to be learning and building all season long. There's no doubt about it. ... Nothing changes for us based on our record. We're just going to keep pushing."-- Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Brock McGinn
Ryan Dzingel -- Erik Haula -- Martin Necas
Warren Foegele -- Lucas Wallmark
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Joel Edmundson -- Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner -- Haydn Fleury
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Petr Mrazek
James Reimer
Scratched:None
Injured:Jordan Martinook (core muscle surgery)

Ducks projected lineup

Max Comtois -- Sam Steel -- Ondrej Kase
Rickard Rakell -- Adam Henrique -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Michael Del Zotto -- Cam Fowler
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Devin Shore
Injured: Brendan Guhle (lower body)

Status report

The Hurricanes sent forward Brian Gibbons to Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Thursday, leaving them with 11 healthy forwards.

Stat pack

Hamilton leads the Hurricanes and is tops among NHL defensemen with five goals. ... Carolina is 0-for-13 on the power play in its past four games. ... The Ducks are 1-for-18 on the power play this season. ... Anaheim has allowed 12 goals, the fewest through seven games in its history.