North Raleigh Today

The Carolina Hurricanes are set to face the New York Islanders with an unchanged lineup from their recent victory over the Colorado Avalanche. The game marks the first meeting between these two teams this season.

Andrei Svechnikov, who recently achieved his first career four-point game, and Martin Necas, who recorded his 14th multi-point game of the campaign, are expected to play key roles. Svechnikov currently leads the league in scoring with 41 points in 26 games. Sebastian Aho has also been performing well, tallying 11 points in his last seven contests.

In goal, Pyotr Kochetkov will make his 16th start of the season after facing only 19 shots in Thursday's win.

The betting odds for tonight's game, provided by Fanatics Sportsbook, list the Hurricanes at -200.

The projected lineup includes forwards Svechnikov, Aho, Roslovic; Robinson, Drury, Necas; Martinook, Staal, Jarvis; and Carrier, Kotkaniemi, Blake. On defense are Slavin and Burns; Orlov and Chatfield; Gostisbehere and Walker. Kochetkov is expected to start as goaltender with Tokarski as backup.

Frederik Andersen remains out due to a knee injury and Jesper Fast is sidelined for the rest of the season with a neck injury. There are no scratches reported following Riley Stillman's reassignment to Chicago earlier today.

The power play units feature Aho, Jarvis, Necas, Svechnikov with Gostisbehere on PP1 and Blake, Drury, Kotkaniemi, Roslovic with Burns on PP2.