Hurricanes at Predators

HURRICANES (36-10-8) at PREDATORS (29-23-2)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Steven Lorentz -- Morgan Geekie
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Jake Bean -- Jani Hakanpaa
Alex Nedeljkovic
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: James Reimer, Jake Gardiner, Joakim Ryan, Drew Shore, Max McCormick
Injured: Brock McGinn (upper body), Jordan Martinook (lower body), Cedric Paquette (lower body)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan Johansen -- Eeli Tolvanen
Calle Jarnkrok -- Mikael Granlund -- Luke Kunin
Nick Cousins -- Erik Haula -- Matt Duchene
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Tanner Jeannot
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Ben Harpur -- Dante Fabbro
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Matt Benning, Erik Gudbranson, Brad Richardson, Michael McCarron, Jeremy Davies
Injured: Luca Sbisa (lower body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Mathieu Olivier (lower body), Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed)
Status report
Martinook, a forward, rotated with McCormick on the fourth line at the morning skate. Martinook has missed the past eight games because of a lower-body injury. … The Predators did not hold a morning skate.