Hurricanes at Panthers

HURRICANES (12-6-1) at PANTHERS (13-4-2)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Brock McGinn
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Cedric Paquette --
Steven Lorentz
-- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury --
Jake Bean
James Reimer
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Jake Gardiner, Joakim Ryan
Injured: Teuvo Teravainen (concussion), Petr Mrazek (thumb surgery), Max McCormick (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Carter Verhaeghe
Frank Vatrano -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Mason Marchment -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Anthony Duclair
Ryan Lomberg -- Juho Lammikko -- Brett Connolly
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Keith Yandle -- Anton Stralman
Kevin Connauton -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched:Vinnie Hinostroza, Noah Juulsen
Injured: Noel Acciari (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (upper body), Gustav Forsling (undisclosed)
Status report
The Hurricanes will use the same lineup they did in a 3-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. ... Gudas will return after missing a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday because of an upper-body injury. ... Huberdeau and Barkov will start on the top line together after being reunited in the third period Thursday.