Canucks at Hurricanes

CANUCKS (16-17-3) at HURRICANES (24-8-2)

Canucks projected lineup
Vasily Podkolzin -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Jason Dickinson -- Bo Horvat -- Conor Garland
Tyler Motte -- Juho Lammikko -- Matthew Highmore
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Luke Schenn -- Quinn Hughes
Brad Hunt -- Tucker Poolman
Thatcher Demko
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Kyle Burroughs
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Phillip Di Giuseppe , Justin Dowling, Alex Chiasson
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jordan Martinook
Steven Lorentz - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Tony DeAngelo
Brendan Smith -- Ethan Bear
Frederik Andersen
Jack LaFontaine
Scratched: Derek Stepan
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Jaccob Slavin
Status report
Demko and Halak will each play one game this weekend, according to Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau. Vancouver plays at the Washington Capitals on Sunday. ... The Canucks are expected to use seven defenseman over the weekend; Boudreau said Hunt and Burroughs each is likely to play one game.