Hurricanes at Stars

HURRICANES (31-10-7) AT STARS (21-15-12)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Steven Lorentz
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Cedric Paquette -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Morgan Geekie -- Max McCormick
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Jake Gardiner -- Brett Pesce
Jake Bean -- Jani Hakanpaa
Joakim Ryan
Alex Nedeljkovic
James Reimer
Scratched: Drew Shore
Injured: Teuvo Teravainen (concussion), Brady Skjei (concussion), Brock McGinn (upper body), Petr Mrazek (undisclosed), Jordan Martinook (lower body), Jesper Fast (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jason Dickinson -- Jamie Benn -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Justin Dowling -- Tanner Kero -- Mark Pysyk
Esa Lindell -- Sami Vatanen
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera -- Joel Hanley
Anton Khudobin
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Rhett Gardner
Injured: John Klingberg (lower body), Stephen Johns (post-traumatic headaches), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Tyler Seguin (hip)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Tuesday. ... The Hurricanes are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Pysyk, a defenseman, is expected to skate as fourth-line right wing. ... The Stars could have "a few" game-time decisions, coach Rick Bowness said.