Hurricanes at Blackhawks

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

HURRICANES (8-0-0) AT BLACKHAWKS (1-7-2)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Seth Jarvis -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Derek Stepan -- Steven Lorentz
Jaccob Slavin -- Ethan Bear
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Tony DeAngelo
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Brendan Smith, Seth Jarvis
Injured: Nino Niederreiter (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Ryan Carpenter
Alex DeBrincat --
Henrik Borgstrom
-- Patrick Kane
Brandon Hagel -- Kirby Dach -- Dylan Strome
MacKenzie Entwistle -- Philipp Kurashev --
Jujhar Khaira
Calvin de Haan -- Seth Jones
Connor Murphy -- Jake McCabe
Erik Gustafsson --
Riley Stillman
Marc-Andre Fleury
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Reese Johnson, Mike Hardman, Adam Gaudette
Injured: Wyatt Kalynuk (ankle)
COVID-19 protocol: Tyler Johnson, Isaak Phillips
Status report
Borgstrom was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday and is expected to play.

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