Hurricanes at Blackhawks

HURRICANES (23-8-3) at BLACKHAWKS (17-15-5)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jesper Fast
Brock McGinn -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Cedric Paquette -- Steven Lorentz -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury -- Jake Bean
Alex Nedeljkovic
James Reimer
Scratched: None
Injured: Teuvo Teravainen (concussion)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Pius Suter -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- David Kampf -- Brandon Hagel
Mattias Janmark -- Kirby Dach -- Dylan Strome
Ryan Carpenter -- Carl Soderberg -- Philipp Kurashev
Nikita Zadorov -- Connor Murphy
Duncan Keith -- Adam Boqvist
Calvin de Haan -- Wyatt Kalynuk
Kevin Lankinen
Malcolm Subban
Scratched: Collin Delia, Matthew Highmore, Lucas Wallmark
Injured: Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol), Jonathan Toews (illness)
Status report
The Hurricanes assigned goalie Petr Mrazek to Chicago of the American Hockey League for a conditioning assignment Thursday and he will travel with Carolina back home after the game. He has missed 28 games since having surgery on his right thumb Feb. 3.