Preseason Game Preview: Islanders vs Devils

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (1-1-1) VS NEW JERSEY DEVILS (1-1-0)

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Fresh off a 5-4 win on Thursday night, the New York Islanders are back in action on Friday when they host the New Jersey Devils at UBS Arena.

Kyle Palmieri (GWG), Gleb Veremyev (2G), Chris Terry and Cameron Berg scored for the Islanders in the win, their first of the preseason.

This is the second meeting in a week between the clubs, as the Isles fell 6-2 in Newark on Tuesday night. That game featured a host of Devils regulars against a relatively inexperienced Islanders squad. The Islanders are likely to have a more veteran-laden lineup, based off the roster below.

PROJECTED LINES:

Drouin - Horvat - Shabanov
Duclair - Barzal - Gatcomb
Beckman - Cizikas - Highmore
Veremyev - Berg - Liukas

Romanov - DeAngelo
Schaefer - Mayfield
Warren - Bear/Pulkkinen

Sorokin
Lennox

*Lines are subject to change

MORNING SKATE UPDATES

- Ilya Sorokin is expected to see his first preseason action on Friday night. Head Coach Patrick Roy said the plan is for Sorokin to play half of the game.

- Anthony Duclair is expected to see his first preseason action as well. He revealed that he was sick yesterday, hence his day-to-day designation. It'll be Duclair's first game action since April 1, but potentially his first healthy came since last October, as he was dealing with a severe groin injury for much of last season.

"The body is feeling good and ready to go, I'm excited to get out there with the boys," Duclair said.

Roy said he wants to see how Duclair feels in game action and said he's been happy with the forward's compete level and skating in camp.

- Matthew Schaefer is expected to skate in his second preseason game on Friday. Schaefer played 24:39 in his preseason debut on Sunday.

- Anders Lee skated in a non-contact jersey with the non-game group.

PROJECTED DEVILS LINES:

Cotter - Lammikko - Gritsyuk
Crookshank - Glass - Legare
Gruden - Glendening - Halonen
Hardman - Rooney - McLaughlin

Siegenthaler - Nemec
Edwards - Hamilton
Cholowski - Casey

Allen
Malek

*Lines via Devils official website and are subject to change

The Devils are icing a relatively inexperienced forward lineup on Friday. Veteran d-men Dougie Hamilton and Jonas Siegenthaler headline the blue line, which also features 2022 second-overall pick Simon Nemec and former Islander Dennis Cholowski.