HURRICANES (16-6-1) at PANTHERS (14-9-1)
4 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS, SN1
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andre Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho – Jack Roslovic
Seth Jarvis -- Jack Drury -- Martin Necas
William Carrier -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Spencer Martin
Yaniv Perets
Scratched: Ty Smith
Injured: Frederik Andersen (knee), Pyotr Kochetkov (concussion protocol)
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Nate Schmidt -- Adam Boqvist
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: None
Status report
With their top two goalies out due to injury, the Hurricanes will go back to Martin on Saturday. He allowed five goals on 29 shots in Florida’s 6-3 win in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday … Lundell returned to the Florida lineup Friday with a short-handed goal and an assist after missing a 5-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. ... Knight will start for the Panthers on Saturday. … Gadjovich, a forward, was replaced in the lineup by Jesper Boqvist. ... Adam Boqvist, who has been scratched in 13 of the past 14 games, will replace Balinskis on the third defense pair.
With their top two goalies out due to injury, the Hurricanes may go back with Martin on Saturday. He allowed five goals on 29 shots in Florida’s 6-3 win in Raleigh on Friday. … Lundell returned to the Florida lineup Friday and had a short-handed goal and an assist after missing Wednesday’s 5-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. … Knight is expected to start for the Panthers on Saturday. … Gadjovich, a forward, was replaced in the lineup by Jesper Boqvist, who scored the first goal of Friday’s game.
