Panthers at Hurricanes

PANTHERS (9-2-2) at HURRICANES (10-3-0)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Juho Lammikko -- Brett Connolly
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Markus Nutivaara -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Chris Driedger
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Vinnie Hinostroza
Injured:Noel Acciari (upper body), Gustav Forsling (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Brock McGinn -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Cedric Paquette -- Jesper Fast
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Jake Gardiner -- Brett Pesce
Brady Skjei -- Jake Bean
Alex Nedeljkovic
James Reimer
Scratched: Steven Lorentz , Morgan Geekie , Haydn Fleury
Injured:Petr Mrazek (upper body), Max McCormick (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said Bean will play more regularly as the season goes along. The rookie had two assists for his first NHL points in a 7-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, in his fifth game this season.