Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vancouver Canucks: Lineups, Game Preview, and How to Watch

What - Game 43 (25-5-2)
When - 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 10
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South

The Carolina Hurricanes will take on the Vancouver Canucks (18-12-10) tonight in the second half of a back-to-back.

The Canes are coming off a 6-3 comeback victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, a game in which Jordan Staal scored a hat trick and rookie Juha Jaaska picked up his first career point.

The Hurricanes had a pretty bad start that head coach Rod Brind'Amour labeled as "beer league," but the team rallied back in a big way.

Vancouver is coming off of a 2-1 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday and have lost their last three in a row.

The Canucks have dealt with a plethora of injury issues this season and some possible drama between their star forwards Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller.

However, defenseman Quinn Hughes has really carried the load for Vancouver and looks every bit like a top-end Norris contender.

Streaks

• Jordan Staal (4g, 2a) and Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 2a) have points in three straight games.

• Brent Burns (2a) has points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

• Brent Burns is four points away from 900 career points.

• Jack Roslovic is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

• Jordan Staal is four points shy of 700 career points.

• Brent Burns passed Steve Larmer for the sixth longest iron man streak in NHL history (885 games) last night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 1-0-0 against Vancouver this season, having won 4-3 in overtime on Oct. 28 at Rogers Arena.

• Sebastian Aho (9g, 14pts, 14gp) is a point-per-game player against Vancouver.

• Brent Burns has played the most games against the Canucks amongst all active players (81 games). In that span, he has 12 goals and 45 points.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

• Dustin Tokarski: 3-1-0; 0.894 Sv%; 2.49 GAA

• Thatcher Demko: 2-1-3; 0.881 Sv%; 3.34 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Jack Roslovic (17) / Jake DeBrusk (17)

• Points - Martin Necas (48) / Quinn Hughes (45)

Power Play

• Carolina - 22.9% (13th)

• Vancouver - 22.8% (14th)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 84.4% (2nd)

• Vancouver - 80.5% (13th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Jack Roslovic - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Eric Robinson - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov - Jordan Staal - Jordan Martinook
Juha Jaaska - Jack Drury - Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith - Sean Walker

Dustin Tokarski
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: William Carrier (LBI), Tyson Jost (LBI), Shayne Gostisbehere (UBI), Frederik Andersen (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Canucks Projected Lineup

Jonathan Lekkerimaki - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Conor Garland
Danton Heinen - Pius Suter - Kiefer Sherwood
Max Sasson - Teddy Blueger - Nils Hoglander

Quinn Hughes - Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy - Noah Juulsen
Derek Forbort - Vincent Desharnais

Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen

Injuries and Scratches: Guillaume Brisebois, Erik Brannstrom, Phil Di Giuseppe, Dakota Joshua (leg)