Panthers at Hurricanes

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

PANTHERS (32-10-5) at HURRICANES (32-11-3)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Owen Tippett
Mason Marchment -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Lucas Carlsson -- Brandon Montour
Sergei Bobrovsky
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Noel Acciari, Joe Thornton, Olli Juolevi
Injured: Maxim Mamin (undisclosed)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Seth Jarvis
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Steven Lorentz
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Ethan Bear
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Brendan Smith, Derek Stepan
Injured: None
Status report
Hornqvist will return after missing eight games with an upper-body injury. ... Acciari, a center, and Juolevi, a defenseman, each has been activated from injured reserve but will not play Wednesday.

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