Panthers at Hurricanes

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

PANTHERS (22-7-5) at HURRICANES (24-7-1)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Maxim Mamin
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Anton Lundell -- Anthony Duclair
Frank Vatrano -- Joe Thornton -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen --
Aleksi Heponiemi
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Lucas Carlsson -- Brandon Montour
Sergei Bobrovsky
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Olli Juolevi
Suspended: Sam Bennett
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Spencer Knight, Mason Marchment, Sam Reinhart, Patric Hornqvist
Hurricanes projected lineup
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jesper Fast
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jordan Staal -- Martin Necas
Steven Lorentz -- Derek Stepan -- Seth Jarvis
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Ethan Bear
Antti Raanta
Frederik Andersen
Scratched:Brendan Smith
Injured: Jordan Martinook (ankle)
Status report
Hornqvist, a forward, entered COVID-10 protocol Saturday and will not play; he will be replaced in the lienup by Heponiemi. ... Carlsson will replace Juolevi, a defenseman. ... Bear is among a group of Hurricanes players whose status will be determined following warmups, coach Rod Brind'Amour said.

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