Devils at Islanders

DEVILS (10-10-5) at ISLANDERS (6-11-5)

Devils projected lineup
Pavel Zacha -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Andreas Johnsson -- Jack Hughes -- Yegor Sharangovich
Jimmy Vesey -- Dawson Mercer -- Tomas Tatar
Janne Kuokkanen -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Ryan Graves -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Damon Severson
Ty Smith -- P.K. Subban
Mackenzie Blackwood
Akira 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 Bailey
Zach Parise -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Kieffer Bellows -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Ross Johnston --
Casey Cizikas
-- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson
Robin Salo -- Zdeno Chara
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon 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.