Game Day Projected Lineups: Hurricanes vs Canucks, Dec. 12, 2021

HURRICANES (19-6-1) at CANUCKS (11-15-2)

10 p.m. ET; SNP, BSSO, ESPN+, NHL LIVES

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

Seth Jarvis — Vincent Trocheck — Martin Necas

Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Staal — Jesper Fast

Steven Lorentz — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Derek Stepan

Jaccob Slavin — Ethan Bear

Brady Skjei — Ian Cole

Brendan Smith — Jalen Chatfield

Antti Raanta

Frederik Andersen

Scratched: Maxime Lajoie

Injured: Jordan Martinook (ankle)

COVID-19 protocol: Tony DeAngeloBrett Pesce

Canucks projected lineup

Tanner Pearson — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser

Jason Dickinson — Bo Horvat — Nils Hoglander

Vasily Podkolzin — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland

Tyler Motte — Juho Lammikko — Alex Chiasson

Quinn Hughes — Luke Schenn

Tucker Poolman — Tyler Myers

Brad Hunt — Kyle Burroughs

Thatcher Demko

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Justin DowlingNoah Juulsen

Injured: Travis Hamonic (lower body), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (undisclosed), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Brandon Sutter (illness), Brady Keeper (leg)

Status report

The Hurricanes did not skate Sunday but Raanta is expected to start after Andersen made 21 saves in a 3-1 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. … Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau said Demko will start but there may be one lineup change. None of the injured players are expected back against Carolina. 

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