Canadiens at Hurricanes

CANADIENS (7-21-4) at HURRICANES (21-7-1)

Canadiens projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Ryan Poehling -- Cole Caufield
Alex Belzile -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Cedric Paquette -- Lukas Vejdemo
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Kale Clague
Sami Niku -- Corey Schueneman
Sam Montembeault
Michael McNiven
Scratched: Louie Belpedio, Brandon Baddock
Injured: Christian Dvorak (lower body), Tyler Toffoli (upper body), Josh Anderson (upper body), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Jake Allen , Cayden Primeau, Ben Chiarot, Jeff Petry, Chris Wideman, Mike Hoffman, Artturi Lehkonen, Laurent Dauphin, Paul Byron
Hurricanes projected lineup
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
Steven Lorentz -- Derek Stepan -- Jesper Fast
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Ethan Bear
Antti Raanta
Alex Lyon
Scratched: None
Injured: Jordan Martinook (ankle)
COVID-19 protocol: Frederik Andersen, Brendan Smith
Status report
Aho will play his first game since Dec. 11, and Staal, Svechnikov, Lorentz, Jarvis and Cole each will play his first game since Dec. 12. … Fast and forward Stefan Noesen each took part in the Hurricanes' morning skate; Noesen was assigned to the taxi squad Wednesday.