RALEIGH, N.C. — The Staals of Thunder Bay, Ontario, are on the verge of becoming only the third family to send as many as four brothers to the N.H.L.

The Carolina Hurricanes called up forward Jared Staal from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, and he is expected to make his N.H.L. debut Wednesday against the Rangers. Staal will play alongside his brothers Eric and Jordan, also forwards, raising the possibility that they could all skate on the same line at some point in the game. The fourth Staal brother, defenseman Marc Staal, is on the trip with the Rangers, but he will not play. He is still recovering from an eye injury he sustained March 5.

Jared, 22, is the youngest of the brothers. If he plays in either of Carolina’s final two game, the Staals would be only the third set of at least four brothers to play in the N.H.L.

“The more the merrier,” Eric told reporters after the Hurricanes practiced here Tuesday.

The six Sutter brothers — Brian, Darryl, Duane, Brent, Rich and Ron, from Viking, Alberta — played in the N.H.L. from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s, and remain the biggest brother act in league history.

The Bouchers of Ottawa sent four brothers to the N.H.L. in the 1920s and ‘30s: Georges, Billy, Bobby and Frank. Georges and Frank, a longtime Rangers star and coach, are in the Hall of Fame.

If Marc had been able to play against Eric, Jordan and Jared on Wednesday, the Staals would have become only the second set of four brothers to appear in the same N.H.L. game. The first were Duane and Brent Sutter of the Islanders, who first played against Rich and Ron Sutter of the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 30, 1983.