Projected Lineup: Predators at Hurricanes

The Predators will play four of their next five games on the road, beginning tonight with the first of two contests in North Carolina.
Nashville (24-19-1) has won 13 of their last 16 games and holds a four-point lead for the final playoff spot in the Central Division. The Preds won, 7-2, over the Lightning on Tuesday to take four points from their three-game homestand. In the contest, forward Rem Pitlick tallied his first points in the NHL, with two assists, and Tanner Jeannot notched his first NHL point and goal.
Prior to traveling on Wednesday, the Predators made two notable roster moves, recalling forward Philip Tomasino to the taxi squad from Chicago (AHL) and reassigning forward Tommy Novak to Chicago (AHL) from the taxi squad.
The Hurricanes (27-10-4) sit tied atop the Central Division but have lost two games in a row. Carolina is 4-0-0 versus Nashville this season.
Below is a Preds projected lineup based on Thursday's full-team morning skate:

Forwards
Rocco Grimaldi - Ryan Johansen - Viktor Arvidsson
Calle Jarnkrok - Mikael Granlund - Luke Kunin
Rem Pitlick - Erik Haula - Nick Cousins
Yakov Trenin - Colton Sissons - Tanner Jeannot
Defense
Roman Josi - Matt Benning
Mattias Ekholm - Ryan Ellis
Jeremy Davies - Ben Harpur
Goaltenders
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne