Projected Lineup: Islanders at Wild

The New York Islanders take on the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. Watch the game on MSG+ or MSG GO. Listen to the game on 88.7FM WRHU or AM970 - The Answer or 103.9FM LI News. Read the game preview and game notes.

LINEUP NOTES:

ISLANDERS PROJECTED LINES:
WEIGHT ON HO-SANG:
On Thursday, Head Coach Doug Weight elaborated on the "tough decision" to assign Ho-Sang to the Sound Tigers. He said it was in part due to the Islanders activating Alan Quine off injured reserve and being over the 23-man roster limit. Quine was loaned to Bridgeport on Thursday morning for conditioning, but is still on the Islanders active roster.
"It was a tough decision," Weight said. "For Josh, where he's come in 12 months, he's been an awesome pro for us. There are no issues with Josh Ho-Sang, his game is getting better, he needs to work on some structure and work on some things. We had a great talk the last couple of days and obviously yesterday and he's in a good place and he's going to get good coaching down in Bridgeport, play a lot of minutes and that's important for him right now in his process."

THE MINNESOTA BOYS:
Despite being in the league for at least four years each, the trip home for Minnesota natives Anders Lee (Edina, MN), Nick Leddy (Eden Prairie, MN) and Brock Nelson (Warroad, MN) never gets old.
Lee, Leddy and Nelson are popular guys when they come back to the State of Hockey. There are a lot of ticket and interview requests with Lee reminiscing on playing in the state's high school hockey tournament as well as the high school rivalry between Edina and Eden Prairie.

WILD PROJECTED LINES:
DUBNYK IN NET VS ISLES:
Devan Dubnyk gets the start in goal against the Islanders. Dubnyk is 1-3-1 this season with a 3.25 GAA and a .899 SV%.
Dubnyk has started the last four Islanders-Wild games for Minnesota with a 2-2-0 record.
16-17: 1-0-0 4.00 GAA .857 SV%
15-16: 0-2-0 4.58 GAA .867 SV%
14-15: 1-0-0 .092 GAA .974 SV%