#### **DEVILS (10-10-5) at ISLANDERS (6-11-5)****Devils projected lineup**Pavel Zacha -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper BrattAndreas Johnsson -- Jack Hughes -- Yegor SharangovichJimmy Vesey -- Dawson Mercer -- Tomas TatarJanne Kuokkanen -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan BastianRyan Graves -- Dougie HamiltonJonas Siegenthaler -- Damon SeversonTy Smith -- P.K. SubbanMackenzie BlackwoodAkira Schmid***Scratched:**Mason Geertsen, Jesper Boqvist, Christian Jaros****Injured:**Miles Wood (right hip), Tyce Thompson (upper body), Jonathan Bernier (hip)***Islanders projected lineup**Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Josh BaileyZach Parise -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle PalmieriKieffer Bellows -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver WahlstromRoss Johnston --[Casey Cizikas](https://www.nhl.com/player/casey-cizikas-8475231)-- Cal ClutterbuckAdam Pelech -- Scott MayfieldAndy Greene -- Noah DobsonRobin Salo -- Zdeno CharaIlya SorokinSemyon Varlamov***Scratched:**Anthony Beauvillier, Matt Martin, Sebastian Aho****Injured:**Ryan Pulock (lower body)***Status report**Cizikas and Nelson will play, Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. Cizikas was placed in COVID-19 protocol Nov. 27 and was removed Thursday; Nelson sustained a lower-body injury Nov. 21. … Trotz also said Beauvillier, a forward, will be a healthy scratch. He was benched for the first 10 minutes of the second period Thursday, a 4-3 loss to the Nashville Predators. … New York returned forwards Austin Czarnik and Otto Koivula to Bridgeport of the American Hockey League. … The Devils did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 loss to the Predators on Friday.