Predators at Hurricanes

PREDATORS (16-14-6) at HURRICANES (25-7-6)

Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Juuso Parssinen -- Colton Sissons
Yakov Trenin -- Ryan Johansen -- Matt Duchene
Nino Niederreiter -- Cody Glass -- Mikael Granlund
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Tanner Jeannot
Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Jeremy Lauzon -- Roland McKeown
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Dante Fabbro
Injured: Cole Smith (upper body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Paul Stastny -- Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Max Pacioretty -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Jalen Chatfield
Antti Raanta
Pyotr Kochetkov
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan
Injured:Frederik Andersen (lower body), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Stefan Noesen (lower body)
Status report
Nashville will use the same lineup from a 6-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. ... The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate. … Pacioretty was activated from the injured non-roster list Wednesday and will make his Carolina debut; the forward had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon Aug. 10. He will replace Noesen, a forward who left during the first period of a 5-3 loss at the New York Rangers on Tuesday.