The Carolina Hurricanes take on the Buffalo Sabres today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
HURRICANES (46-26-4) at SABRES (34-36-6)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSG-B
Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jackson Blake
Taylor Hall — Jack Roslovic — Logan Stankoven
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Andrei Svechnikov
Tyson Jost — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Scott Morrow
Injured: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (undisclosed), William Carrier (lower body), Jesper Fast (neck)
Status report:
Staal and Svechnikov each is expected to return; Staal has missed four games with a lower-body injury and Svechnikov two with an undisclosed injury. … Kotkaniemi will be out at least a week after the forward was injured in a 5-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday, but Hurricanes coach coach Rod Brind’Amour said it’s “nothing too serious.”
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Sabres projected lineup
Zach Benson — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker — Peyton Krebs — Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn – Noah Ostlund — Sam Lafferty
Mattias Samuelsson — Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power — Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram — Connor Clifton
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Jacob Bryson
Injured: Tyson Kozak (hip strain), Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)
Status Report:
The Sabres are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 win against the Bruins on Sunday.
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