Geekie is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Geekie will not play Wednesday in Dallas, so Alex Wennberg will move up to the third line and Max McCormick will draw back into the lineup.
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Morgan Geekie News
The Hurricanes have signed Morgan Geekie to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
Line Change
Geekie is expected to draw into the Hurricanes lineup for Game 3.
Geekie has been called up from the taxi squad and will play on Saturday.
With Jordan Staal out because of COVID-19 protocol, Geekie will draw into the lineup on Saturday. It’s unclear how the Hurricanes’ lines will shake out but Vincent Trocheck figures to move up to the second line with Geekie handling a bottom-6 role.
Geekie was recalled from Charlotte (AHL) and is expected to make his NHL debut on Sunday.
Geekie was a third-round pick (No.67 overall) in 2017 and leads all active Checkers with 22 goals and is third with 42 points in 55 AHL games this season. Geekie is expected to replace Ryan Dzingel (upper-body) and skate on the fourth line with Nino Niederreiter and Jordan Martinook in his NHL debut.
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