RALEIGH (Interstat) — The Vancouver Canucks will visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in a National Hockey League game at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C. Both teams enter with 2-2 records. Vancouver is the visiting team, and Carolina is the home team.

Vancouver’s most recent result was a 3-2 home loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Jonathan Lekkerimaki had one goal and one shot on goal, Paul Cotter had one goal with two shots and one hit, and Linus Karlsson had one assist with two shots. The Canucks also have a 4-1 win over Calgary, a 9-7 loss to Edmonton and a 6-5 overtime win at Edmonton this season.

Paul Cotter is a player to watch for Vancouver. Over his past four games, he has four goals and two assists with seven shots on goal and one hit. He had two goals and three shots at Edmonton, a goal and an assist against Edmonton, an assist against Calgary and a goal with two shots and one hit against Vegas.

Carolina’s most recent result was a 6-4 win at Montreal. Taylor Hall had two goals, four shots on goal and four penalty minutes. Sebastian Aho added a goal, two assists, three shots and two penalty minutes. Mark Jankowski contributed a goal, an assist and two shots.

Taylor Hall is a player to watch for Carolina. Over his past four games, he has two goals, seven shots on goal, eight penalty minutes and one hit. He recorded two goals and four shots against Montreal, two shots at Philadelphia, one shot with two penalty minutes and one hit against Washington, and one shot with two penalty minutes against Florida.

The Hurricanes also have a 3-2 overtime win at Philadelphia, a 5-2 loss to Washington and a 1-0 overtime loss to Florida this season.

After Thursday, Vancouver is scheduled to visit New Jersey, the New York Rangers, the New York Islanders, Florida and Tampa Bay. The Canucks will then host Carolina, Detroit and Minnesota before visiting Anaheim and San Jose. Carolina is set to visit Chicago and Philadelphia, host Washington, visit Winnipeg and Calgary, then visit Vancouver and Edmonton. The Hurricanes will also visit St. Louis and host Boston and Columbus. The teams are scheduled to meet again at Vancouver later in the season. Vancouver’s next 10 games include seven road games and three home games. Carolina’s next 10 games include seven road games and three home games. The game is the first of the season between the teams.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Carolina 4, Vancouver 2.