Oilers at Hurricanes

OILERS (29-20-3) at HURRICANES (36-11-4)

Oilers projected lineup
Ryan McLeod -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Warren Foegele -- Colton Sceviour -- Derek Ryan
Tyler Benson -- Devin Shore -- Brendan Perlini
Darnell Nurse -- Evan Bouchard
William Lagesson -- Cody Ceci
Markus Niemelainen -- Tyson Barrie
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Philip Broberg
Injured: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (upper body), Kris Russell (undisclosed), Zack Kassian (fractured jaw), Duncan Keith (upper body), Jesse Puljujarvi (lower body), Kyle Turris (undisclosed)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Seth Jarvis -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Steven Lorentz
Brett Pesce -- Jaccob Slavin
Brady Skjei -- Jalen Chatfield
Ian Cole -- Ethan Bear
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Derek Stepan
Injured: Tony DeAngelo (upper body), Brendan Smith (upper body)
Status report
Nugent-Hopkins is still being evaluated after the center left in the first period of a 4-3 win at the Florida Panthers on Saturday. ... Smith will start after Koskinen made 44 saves in a 4-3 win against the Floirda Panthers on Saturday. ... Aho did not practice Saturday for maintenance but is expected to play.