Hurricanes at Canucks preview

HURRICANES (23-20-6) at CANUCKS (23-21-6)
10:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SNP, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The 23-year-old has played in one NHL game, making the save on all 17 shots in 29:57 in relief during a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jan. 17, 2017.
The Hurricanes have lost three of the past four (1-2-1) but are 8-3-1 in their past 12 games and have scored at least four goals in seven of their past 11.
Vancouver has won two straight and is 3-0-2 on a six-game homestand that concludes against Carolina.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his past six games.
Canucks center Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday, his first game back after missing five with a knee sprain.

They said it

"The hard part is going to be picking the guys up and then they have to go play a team that's sitting there in the same boat as us, scrapping to try to make the playoffs. It's not going to be easy but we'll see. Our group has been resilient all year." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour after the win in Calgary
"It's up to us to put together a solid 60 minutes and really earn that break."-- Canucks forward Sven Baertschi on their final game prior to their mandatory five-day break after 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend

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Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Justin Williams
Brock McGinn -- Lucas Wallmark -- Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook --
Greg McKegg
-- Andrei Svechnikov
Saku Maenalanen
-- Warren Foegele
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Justin Faulk -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Haydn Fleury
Alex Nedeljkovic
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:None
Injured:Jordan Staal (upper body), Curtis McElhinney (knee), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

Sven Baertschi -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Markus Granlund -- Bo Horvat -- Josh Leivo
Antoine Roussel -- Brandon Sutter -- Jake Virtanen
Loui Eriksson -- Jay Beagle -- Tyler Motte
Alexander Edler -- Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton -- Troy Stecher
Derrick Pouliot -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Alex Biega, Nikolay Goldobin, Tim Schaller
Injured:None

Status report

Mrazek made his third straight start in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday, and McElhinney is not traveling with the Hurricanes. ... Carolina will use seven defensemen and 11 forwards with Ferland out. He left the game against the Flames in the second period after he missed a 7-4 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. … Goldobin, fourth on the Canucks with 23 points (five goals, 18 assists) in 44 games, will be a healthy scratch for the fourth straight game.

Stat pack

Svechnikov has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past two games. … Boeser has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games.