Canucks at Hurricanes preview

CANUCKS (30-18-4) at HURRICANES (29-19-3)
2 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN360, SNW, SNP, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Rookie defenseman Quinn Hughes scored 42 seconds into overtime to defeat the New York Islanders at Barclays Center on Saturday. The Canucks, who are in first place in the Pacific Division, have won seven of the past eight and are 14-3-0 since Dec. 19.
James Reimer will start in goal for the Hurricanes, who lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday. Reimer is 9-2-1 in 13 starts since Dec. 16.
Carolina is 2-3-1 in its past six games after going 5-2-0 in the previous seven.

Players to watch

Canucks forward J.T. Miller has eight points (four goals, four assists) in a five-game point streak and 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past eight games.
Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past two games.

They said it

"Winning brings confidence. Our team is starting to expect to win and they are understanding when they are not playing well. Probably even better, they understand why they're not playing well." -- Canucks coach Travis Green
"They've got a balanced team. When they're all healthy, top to bottom, you can tell everybody has good roles. They've got guys who can score, they've got guys who can check. Their goalies have been good all year. That's a good combination."-- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour

Canucks projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake Virtanen
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Loui Eriksson
Antoine Roussel -- Adam Gaudette -- Brock Boeser
Tim Schaller -- Jay Beagle -- Brandon Sutter
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Quinn Hughes -- Chris Tanev
Oscar Fantenberg -- Tyler Myers
Thatcher Demko
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched:Zack MacEwen, Justin Bailey, Jordie Benn
Injured:Tyler Motte (upper body), Micheal Ferland (upper body), Josh Leivo (fractured kneecap), Tyler Graovac (lower body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Warren Foegele -- Sebastian Aho -- Andrei Svechnikov
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Erik Haula -- Justin Williams
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Martin Necas
Jaccob Slavin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Jake Gardiner -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury -- Joel Edmundson
James Reimer
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Ryan Dzingel
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (fractured left leg)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … The Canucks are playing the third of a five-game road trip. ... The Hurricanes have scratched a different extra forward in each of the three games since Williams returned Jan. 19. Dzingel was the 13th forward in practice Saturday.

Stat pack

Horvat has 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in the past 13 games. … Miller has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in the past eight games. … Haula has gone 10 games without a goal. The Hurricanes are 14-4-2 against the Western Conference.