Projected lineups for Panthers, Islanders

Sunday, 03.24.2013 / 12:22 PM | NHL.com Staff

The New York Islanders will look to end their four-game homestand on a positive note when they host the Florida Panthers on Sunday (5 p.m. ET, NHLN-CA).

The Islanders lost the first three games, to the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins, by a combined score of 14-7.

The Panthers, meanwhile, hope to keep their good road play going, as they've won two of the first three games of their current five-game road trip.

Here are the lineups the Panthers and Islanders likely will use Sunday:

PANTHERS

Tomas Fleischmann - Marcel Goc - Tomas Kopecky

Jerred Smithson - Jonathan Huberdeau - Peter Mueller

Scottie Upshall - Shawn Matthias - Jack Skille

Drew Shore - Mike Santorelli - Quinton Howden

Tyson Strachan - Brian Campbell

TJ Brennan - Colby Robak

Dmitry Kulikov - Filip Kuba

Jacob Markstrom

Scott Clemmensen

Suspended: Eric Selleck

Injured: Michael Caruso (wrist), Mike Weaver (lower body), Jose Theodore (groin), Stephen Weiss (wrist), Kris Versteeg (knee), George Parros (upper body), Ed Jovanovski (lower body), Sean Bergenheim (undisclosed), Erik Gudbranson (flu)

ISLANDERS

Matt Moulson - John Tavares - Brad Boyes

Josh Bailey - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo

Casey Cizikas - Keith Aucoin - Colin McDonald

Michael Grabner - Marty Reasoner - Matt Martin

Travis Hamonic - Andrew MacDonald

Thomas Hickey - Lubomir Visnovsky

Mark Streit - Radek Martinek

Evgeni Nabokov

Kevin Poulin

Scratched: Eric Boulton, Jesse Joensuu, Matt Carkner, Joe Finley, Brian Strait

Injured: David Ullstrom (groin)

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