Hurricanes at Penguins

HURRICANES (20-6-6) at PENGUINS (19-9-4)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Paul Stastny -- Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen -- Jack Drury -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan
Injured: Sebastian Aho (lower body), Frederik Andersen (lower body), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Max Pacioretty (Achilles)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Brock McGinn -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Drew O'Connor
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin -- Jan Rutta
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mark Friedman
Injured: Jeff Petry (upper body), Josh Archibald (lower body), Ryan Poehling (upper body)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate. ... Poehling will not play after sustaining his injury in the third period of a 3-2 win against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. The forward is day to day. ... O'Connor is expected to play for Pittsburgh for the first time since Nov. 5. He was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Dec. 13.