Hurricanes at Wild

HURRICANES (32-10-3) at WILD (28-11-3)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Seth Jarvis
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Ethan Bear
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Brendan Smith, Steven Lorentz
Injured: None
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Brandon Duhaime
Matt Boldy -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Kevin Fiala
Connor Dewar -- Nico Sturm -- Victor Rask
Alex Goligoski -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Jon Merrill
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Jordie Benn
Injured: Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Suspended: Marcus Foligno
Status report
Kotkaniemi is expected to return after missing three games in COVID-19 protocol. ... Carolina reassigned forward Josh Leivo to Chicago of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Dumba returns after missing two games with an upper body injury. … Bjugstad, a forward, skated with the Wild on Saturday for the first time since being injured during practice Jan. 4; there is no timeline on his return.