ISLANDERS (42-30-5) at HURRICANES (48-21-6)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSGSN
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Emil Heineman
Calum Ritchie -- Brayden Schenn -- Mathew Barzal
Ondrej Palat -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Carson Soucy
Scott Mayfield -- Adam Boqvist
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Isaiah George
Injured: Tony DeAngelo (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
William Carrier -- Mark Jankowski -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Alexander Nikishin
Brandon Bussi
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mike Reilly
Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body)
Status report
The Islanders did not hold a morning skate. ... Rittich could start after Sorokin made 17 saves in his 10th straight appearance, a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. … The Hurricanes will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 5-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.
