Hurricanes at Sabres

HURRICANES (33-9-8) at SABRES (26-19-4)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen -- Paul Stastny -- Derek Stepan
Jalen Chatfield -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Dylan Coghlan
Antti Raanta
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: None
Injured: Jaccob Slavin (lower body), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Max Pacioretty (Achilles)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Casey Mittelstadt -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Craig Anderson, Kale Clague
Injured: none
Status report
The Hurricanes did not have a morning skate. … Raanta is expected to start after Andersen made 17 saves in a 5-4 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. … Samuelsson will return after missing two games with a lower-body injury and Cozens will play after missing one game with an undisclosed injury.