PANTHERS (0-0-0) at HURRICANES (0-0-0)
5 p.m. ET; ESPN
Panthers projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sandis Vilmanis
Bokondji Imama -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov -- Radko Gudas
Jacob Markstrom
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis
Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Eric Robinson
Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Mark Jankowski -- William Carrier
Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Charles Alexis Legault
Brandon Bussi
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Mike Reilly, Cayden Primeau
Injured: Seth Jarvis (shoulder)
Status report
Marchand, a forward, had surgery in August and skated throughout training camp but will miss the first month of the season. … Gadjovich, a forward, is had surgery and is out indefinitely. … Jarvis, a forward, is still recovering from shoulder surgery in June. He skated with the Hurricanes in training camp but is not expected to return until late October at the earliest.
