Avalanche at Islanders

AVALANCHE (4-3-1) at ISLANDERS (4-4-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, ALT, ESPN+, SN NOW)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Evan Rodrigues -- Alex Newhook --
Martin Kaut
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Dryden Hunt -- Mikhail Maltsev --
Jacob MacDonald
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Darren Helm (undisclosed), Gabriel Landekog(arthroscopic knee surgery), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Islanders projected lineup
Josh Bailey -- Mathew Barzal - Oliver Wahlstrom
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Robin Salo, Nikita Soshnikov
Injured: None
Status report
Neither team had a morning skate. ... Georgiev is expected to start after Francouz made 22 saves in a 1-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday. ... Varlamov likley will start after Sorokin made 33 saves in a 6-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.