Hurricanes at Panthers

HURRICANES (30-10-5) at PANTHERS (30-12-5)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Cedric Paquette -- Steven Lorentz -- Morgan Geekie
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Joakim Ryan -- Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner -- Jani Hakanpaa
Alex Nedeljkovic
James Reimer
Scratched: Jake Bean,
Injured:Teuvo Teravainen (concussion), Brady Skjei (concussion protocol), Brock McGinn (upper body), Petr Mrazek (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Nikita Gusev -- Aleksander Barkov -- Patric Hornqvist
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Anthony Duclair
Frank Vatrano -- Alex Wennberg -- Ryan Lomberg
Juho Lammikko -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Gustav Forsling -- MacKenzie Weegar
Markus Nutivaara -- Brandon Montour
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Matt Kiersted, Anton Stralman, Lucas Wallmark, Kevin Connauton
Injured:Carter Verhaeghe (upper body), Noel Acciari (upper body), Mason Marchment (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body)
Status report
Skjei, a defenseman, was injured in a 4-1 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Ryan will make his Hurricanes debut. ... Mrazek was expected to start but left practice early. ... Hornqvist will play missing a 5-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. The forward was given a maintenance day. … Driedger, a goalie, is day to day. … Acciari, a forward, could return next week. ... Verhaeghe will miss his sixth straight game and the forward is expected to be out at least another 10 days.