Hurricanes at Islanders

HURRICANES (28-9-8) at ISLANDERS (23-19-5)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Paul Stastny -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan -- Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan
Injured: Ondrej Kase (concussion), Max Pacioretty (torn Achilles)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Casey Cizikas
Josh Bailey -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Aatu Raty -- Ross Johnston
Parker Wotherspoon -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Sebastian Aho -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski
Injured: Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), Hudson Fasching (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (upper body), Adam Pelech (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate Saturday. … Pacioretty was placed on injured reserve Friday after sustaining a torn Achilles in the final minute of a 5-2 win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday; the forward had missed the previous two games with a lower-body injury and the first 38 games this season recuperating from surgery to repair a torn Achilles. ... The Islanders held an optional morning skate Saturday. ... Clutterbuck is out indefinitely; the forward left during the second period of a 3-2 overtime loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday. ... Raty was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Sorokin will make his 14th start in 16 games. ... Pelech and Cholowski, each a defenseman, participated in the morning skate; Pelech has missed 20 games.