Hurricanes at Bruins

HURRICANES (25-8-2) at BRUINS (22-11-2)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Nino Niederreiter
Steven Lorentz -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Brendan Smith -- Ian Cole
Frederik Andersen
Jack LaFontaine
Scratched: Ethan Bear
Injured: Antti Raanta (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Martin Necas
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Craig Smith
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle -- Oskar Steen
Anton Blidh -- Tomas Nosek -- Curtis Lazar
Urho Vaakanainen -- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Tyler Lewington
Injured: Nick Foligno (lower body), Trent Frederic (upper body), John Moore (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Mike Reilly
Status report
Slavin is expected to play after being removed from COVID-19 protocol Monday. ... Necas, a center, entered COVID-19 protocol Monday. ... Raanta, a goalie who has missed three games, returned to practice Monday. ... Grzelcyk was removed from COVID-19 protocol Tuesday and is expected to play. … Foligno, a forward who has missed four games, returned to practice Monday and is "very close" to returning, coach Bruce Cassidy said. ... Reilly, a defenseman, entered COVID-19 protocol Tuesday.