Islanders at Hurricanes preview

ISLANDERS (4-4-1) at HURRICANES (6-3-1)
5 p.m. ET; FS-CR, MSG+, NHL.TV

Aho, who has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists), is the second player in Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers history to begin a season with a 10-game point streak; Ron Francis had an 11-game point streak (six goals, eight assists) with the Whalers in 1984-85.
The Islanders are playing the second game of a back to back after defeating the Philadelphia Flyers, 6-1 on Saturday.
Goaltender Thomas Greiss will start for New York and go for his 100th NHL win. He made 45 saves in a 2-1 overtime win against Carolina on Oct. 4.

Players to watch

Islanders forward Mathew Barzal has three assists in the past two games and six points (one goal, five assists) in five games against Carolina.
Hurricanes forward Micheal Ferland has five points (four goals, one assist) in a five-game point streak.

They said it

"We have to take it one game at a time. They're games that mean a lot, they're four-point games so we've got win them. We've got to do the best we can to at least get one point every night." -- Islanders forward Anthony Beauvillier on facing Metropolitan Division opponents
"We've got to get the win here. We have to make sure we keep doing the right things. We can't take a breath, we can't come off the way we play. We did for a period [in 4-3 shootout win against San Jose on Friday] and you see what we get." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Mathew Barzal -- Jordan Eberle
Andrew Ladd -- Valtteri Filppula -- Leo Komarov
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Tom Kuhnhackl
Nick Leddy -- Ryan Pulock
Thomas Hickey -- Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech -- Johnny Boychuk
Thomas Greiss
Robin Lehner
Scratched:Ross Johnston, Luca Sbisa
Injured:Cal Clutterbuck (upper body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Micheal Ferland -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Andrei Svechnikov
Brock McGinn -- Nicolas Roy -- Valentin Zykov
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Brett Pesce
Petr Mrazek
Scott Darling
Scratched:Phillip Di Giuseppe, Curtis McElhinney
Injured:Victor Rask (hand)

Status report

Clutterbuck is day to day and won't play, but will accompany the Islanders on their trip for the game at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, coach Barry Trotz said. … Darling remains the backup to Mrazek. He sustained a lower-body injury in the final preseason game Sept. 30.

Stat pack

Bailey has five points (one goal, four assists) in a four-game point streak. … New York is 4-0-1 when scoring first, and 0-4-0 when opponents score first. … Slavin has scored five of his 15 NHL goals against the Islanders. … Carolina is last in the NHL on the penalty kill at 66.7 percent.