Hurricanes at Predators

HURRICANES (36-11-8) at PREDATORS (30-23-2)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Warren Foegele -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Steven Lorentz -- Jesper Fast
Max McCormick --
Drew Shore
--
Morgan Geekie
Jake Gardiner -- Joey Keane
Brady Skjei -- Jani Hakanpaa
Joakim Ryan -- Jake Bean
Petr Mrazek
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched:James Reimer, Dougie Hamilton, Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Staal, Brett Pesce
Injured:Brock McGinn (upper body), Cedric Paquette (lower body), Jaccob Slavin (lower body)
Predators projected lineup
Rocco Grimaldi -- Ryan Johansen -- Eeli Tolvanen
Calle Jarnkrok -- Erik Haula -- Luke Kunin
Nick Cousins -- Brad Richardson -- Matt Duchene
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Tanner Jeannot
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Ben Harpur -- Matt Benning
Erik Gudbranson -- Dante Fabbro
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched:Michael McCarron, Jeremy Davies, Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis, Mikael Granlund, Filip Forsberg
Injured:Luca Sbisa (lower body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Mathieu Olivier (lower body), Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed)
Status report
Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said the hope is Slavin is day to day with his injury. The defenseman did not play the final two periods of a 3-1 loss to the Predators on Saturday. ... Keane was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League and will make his NHL debut. ... Martinook could return to the lineup after missing the past nine games because of a lower-body injury. … Rinne will play for the first time since April 10. ... Predators coach John Hynes said a few of his lineup regulars will be out Monday.