Islanders at Hurricanes

ISLANDERS (0-0-0) at HURRICANES (0-0-0)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Kyle Palmieri
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Ross Johnston -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Andy Greene -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Cory Schneider
Scratched:Kieffer Bellows, Leo Komarov, Sebastian Aho
Injured: Matt Martin (ankle), Semyon Varlamov (soreness)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen -- Vincent Trocheck -- Andrei Svechnikov
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Steven Lorentz -- Derek Stepan -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Ethan Bear
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Tony DeAngelo
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched:Seth Jarvis, Brendan Smith
Injured:None
Status report
The Islanders held an optional morning skate. Varlamov, a goalie, and Martin, a forward, are with the team. Islanders coach Barry Trotz said they each skated Wednesday and are close to returning. … Six Hurricanes will make their team debuts (Kotkaniemi, Stepan, Bear, Cole, DeAngelo and Andersen).