ISLANDERS (10-6-2) at AVALANCHE (12-1-5)
9 p.m. ET; MSGSN, ALT, SN, TVAS
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Jonathan Drouin -- Mathew Barzal -- Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Anthony Duclair
Casey Cizikas -- Calum Ritchie -- Maxim Shabanov
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist, Travis Mitchell, Maxim Tsyplakov
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Gavin Brindley
Gabriel Landeskog -- Jack Drury -- Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly -- Zakhar Bardakov -- Taylor Makar
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov
Injured: Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Status report
Shabanov returns after missing 12 games with an upper-body injury. … Mayfield is expected to play after missing two games for the birth of his son. … Kiviranta joined morning skate in a non-contact jersey. ... Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said the forward is about two weeks away from returning.
