Hurricanes at Panthers

HURRICANES (31-10-5) AT PANTHERS (30-13-5)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Jesper Fast
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Cedric Paquette -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Max McCormick
-- 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), Brock McGinn (upper body), Petr Mrazek (undisclosed), Jordan Martinook (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
Chris Driedger
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Matt Kiersted, Anton Stralman, Lucas Wallmark, Kevin Connauton, Spencer Knight
Injured: Carter Verhaeghe (upper body), Noel Acciari (upper body), Mason Marchment (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate Saturday. … Martinook, a forward, is day-to-day after being injured in the second period of Carolina's 4-2 win at Florida on Thursday. … Acciari, a center, and Marchment, a forward, each is expected to return during the Panthers' four-game road trip that begins at the Nashville Predators on Monday.