Stars at Hurricanes

STARS (12-12-10) at HURRICANES (24-8-3)

Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Radek Faksa -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Jason Dickinson -- Blake Comeau
Tanner Kero
-- Rhett Gardner -- Ty Dellandrea
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera -- Mark Pysyk
Jake Oettinger
Landon Bow
Scratched: Taylor Fedun, Justin Dowling
Injured: Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Tyler Seguin (hip), Stephen Johns (post-traumatic headaches), Ben Bishop (knee), Alexander Radulov (lower body), Joel Hanley (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Anton Khudobin
Hurricanes projected lineup
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jesper Fast
Brock McGinn -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Cedric Paquette -- Steven Lorentz -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury -- Jake Bean
Alex Nedeljkovic
James Reimer
Scratched: Petr Mrazek
Injured: Teuvo Teravainen (concussion)
Status report
Khudobin entered COVID-19 protocol Saturday; the goalie had been scheduled to start. ... Fast did not participate in the morning skate, but is expected to play. ... Mrazek, who participated in the morning skate, will not play after making 43 saves in a conditioning assignment with Chicago of the American Hockey League on Thursday. The goalie has missed 30 games because of right thumb surgery.