Hurricanes at Lightning

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

HURRICANES (29-10-5) at LIGHTNING (30-13-2)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Cedric Paquette -- Steven Lorentz -- Morgan Geekie
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner -- Jani Hakanpaa
Alex Nedeljkovic
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Jake Bean , James Reimer
Injured:Teuvo Teravainen (concussion), Brock McGinn (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon -- Ross Colton -- Mathieu Joseph
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh -- David Savard
Andreas Borgman
-- Luke Schenn
Curtis McElhinney
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Gemel Smith , Mitchell Stephens, Cal Foote
Injured: Steven Stamkos (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Status report
Teravainen, a forward, will miss his 22nd straight game. ... McElhinney is expected to start after Vasilevskiy made 25 saves in a 3-2 overtime win against the Hurricanes on Monday.

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