Islanders at Hurricanes

ISLANDERS (32-28-9) at HURRICANES (46-17-8)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Josh Bailey -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Ross Johnston
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Andy Greene -- Grant Hutton
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched:Sebastian Aho, Kieffer Bellows, Robin Salo
Injured: Cal Clutterbuck (shoulder), Scott Mayfield (lower body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Teuvo Teravainen -- Vincent Trocheck -- Max Domi
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Martin Necas -- Derek Stepan -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Brendan Smith -- Ian Cole
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Ethan Bear
Injured: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (lower body)
Status report
The Islanders held an optional morning skate Friday. … Sorokin will start after missing five games because of an upper-body injury. ... The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate Friday following a 5-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday. ... Andersen could start after Raanta maade 18 saves against Buffalo.