Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson -- Jack Drury -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
William Carrier -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: None
Injured: Frederik Andersen (knee)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Bo Horvat -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Simon Holmstrom -- Casey Cizikas -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Hudson Fasching
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Isaiah George -- Ryan Pulock
Dennis Cholowski -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Grant Hutton, Pierre Engvall
Injuries: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Anthony Duclair (lower body), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Adam Pelech (upper body), Mike Reilly (heart)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … The Hurricanes assigned defenseman Riley Stillman to Chicago of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Varlamov, a goalie, remains day to day. He last played Nov. 29.
