Svechnikov (upper body) was a full participant in Monday's practice, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports. Following a one-game absence, Svechnikov could occupy a top-six role and see time on the second power-play unit against Winnipeg on Tuesday.

The Carolina Hurricanes were worried about players being unavailable due to illness tonight but instead forward Andrei Svechnikov has been ruled out from tonight's game against the LA Kings due to an upper-body injury.

Svechnikov (upper body) won't be in the lineup Saturday versus the Kings. Svechnikov saw 19:03 of ice time in Thursday's game versus the Blackhawks, so it's unclear when he suffered the injury. The Hurricanes have a number of moving pieces in their lineup due to an illness going through the team,