The Hurricanes are in desperate need of a win tonight in Arizona, and they’re looking for a spark from a player who will make his NHL debut tonight. Roland McKeown was called up almost as an afterthought when Brett Pesce suffered a concussion in practice on Wednesday, and he’ll suit up tonight alongside Noah Hanifin in place of Klas Dahlbeck.
Bill Peters made changes to the forward lines throughout Thursday’s loss to the Avalanche, and a few of those changes will trickle through to tonight’s game. The Canes didn’t take a morning skate, but here’s how they’re projected to line up:
Jeff Skinner - Jordan Staal - Elias Lindholm
Teuvo Teravainen - Victor Rask - Justin Williams
Sebastian Aho - Marcus Kruger - Josh Jooris
Joakim Nordstrom - Derek Ryan - Brock McGinn
Jaccob Slavin - Justin Faulk
Haydn Fleury - Trevor van Riemsdyk
Noah Hanifin - Roland McKeown
Scott Darling
Cam Ward
Scratches: Lee Stempniak (IR lower body), Brett Pesce (concussion), Patrick Brown (healthy), Klas Dahlbeck (healthy)
It took until the Arizona Coyotes’ eleventh game of the season to score their first win, and they went right back to their old ways in losses to the Red Wings and Sabres.