Hurricanes at Blue Jackets

HURRICANES (21-7-3) at BLUE JACKETS (13-13-7)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Brock McGinn -- Jordan Martinook -- Warren Foegele
Cedric Paquette -- Morgan Geekie -- Steven Lorentz
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury --
Jake Bean
Alex Nedeljkovic
James Reimer
Scratched:Jake Gardiner
Injured:Vincent Trocheck (upper body), Petr Mrazek (thumb surgery), Teuvo Teravainen (concussion)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Nick Foligno -- Patrik Laine
Max Domi -- Jack Roslovic -- Cam Atkinson
Boone Jenner -- Riley Nash -- Kevin Stenlund
Stefan Matteau -- Ryan MacInnis -- Eric Robinson
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov -- David Savard
Dean Kukan -- Michael Del Zotto
Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Gabriel Carlsson, Mikhail Grigorenko
Injured:Emil Bemstrom (lower body)
Status report
Trocheck, a center, will be out for the seventh straight game. Teravainen, a forward, will be out for the ninth straight. … Merzlikins will be a game-time decision as the backup after missing practice Wednesday with a non-COVID-19 illness. He participated in the morning skate Thursday.