The Hurricanes are five points out of the last Wild Card spot occupied by the surging Philadelphia Flyers, but the Detroit Red Wings are just one point in back of them. The Hurricanes will need to string together an impressive win streak in order to leapfrog the Wings and catch a hot Flyers team.
These are the predicted lines for today’s tilt:
Nordstrom-Staal-Lindholm
Skinner-Rask-Di Giuseppe
Terry-Nash-Gerbe
Malone-McClement-Sutter
Slavin-Hainsey
Hanifin-Pesce
Jordan-Murphy
Lack
Ward
It looks as though Ron Hainsey was feeling well enough after practice today to return to action. He missed Tuesday’s game in Washington with an illness.