Panthers at Hurricanes projected lineups

PANTHERS (0-0-0) at HURRICANES (0-0-0)

5 p.m. ET; ESPN

Panthers projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sandis Vilmanis

Bokondji Imama -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones

Dmitry Kulikov -- Radko Gudas

Jacob Markstrom

Akira Schmid

*Scratched: Uvis Balinskis*

*Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)*

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Eric Robinson

Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Mark Jankowski -- William Carrier

Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield

K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Charles Alexis Legault

Brandon Bussi

Pyotr Kochetkov

*Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Mike Reilly, Cayden Primeau*

*Injured: Seth Jarvis (shoulder)*

Status report

Marchand, a forward, had surgery in August and skated throughout training camp but will miss the first month of the season. … Gadjovich, a forward, is had surgery and is out indefinitely. … Jarvis, a forward, is still recovering from shoulder surgery in June. He skated with the Hurricanes in training camp but is not expected to return until late October at the earliest.