Hurricanes at Panthers

HURRICANES (9-0-0) at PANTHERS (9-0-1)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Seth Jarvis -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Derek Stepan -- Steven Lorentz
Jaccob Slavin -- Ethan Bear
Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo
Ian Cole -- Brendan Smith
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Seth Jarvis
Injured: Nino Niederreiter (lower body), Brett Pesce (undisclosed)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Reinhart -- Owen Tippett
Mason Marchment -- Anton Lundell --
Maxim Mamin
Frank Vatrano - Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Kevin Connauton -- Brandon Montour
Spencer Knight
Christopher Gibson
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Chase Priskie
Injured: Sam Bennett (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed), Olli Juolevi (undisclosed), Joe Thornton (undisclosed); Sergei Bobrovsky (upper body)
Status report
Pesce, a defenseman, is week to week after being injured in the second period of a 4-3 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. … Smith is expected to make his season debut. ... Gudas practiced Friday and will return after missing one game with an undisclosed injury. … Centers Bennett and Thornton are day to day. ... Bobrovsky is day to day; he left after the first period of a 5-4 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday. ... Gibson was recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League to back up Knight.