Coyotes at Islanders

COYOTES (5-6-1) at ISLANDERS (9-5-0)

Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther
Matias Maccelli -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Nick Ritchie -- Jack McBain -- Christian Fischer
Liam O'Brien -- Travis Boyd -- Dysin Mayo
Juuso Valimaki -- J.J. Moser
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Josh Brown
Patrik Nemeth -- Troy Stecher
Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram
Scratched:Laurent Dauphin
Injured:Jakob Chychrun (wrist), Zack Kassian (lower body), Andrew Ladd (knee), Nick Schmaltz (upper body), Conor Timmins (upper body)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee - Mathew Barzal - Oliver Wahlstrom
Zach Parise - Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anthony Beauvillier - Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Josh Bailey
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched:Ross Johnston, Robin Salo, Nikita Soshnikov
Injured: None
Status report
Kassian, a forward, and Timmins, a defenseman, are considered day to day. … Schmaltz, a forward who was injured in the Coyotes season-opener against Pittsburgh, is not scheduled to return until the end of December at the earliest. … Lee did not participate in the Islanders optional morning skate at their practice facility but head coach Lane Lambert said he expects him to play.