ISLANDERS (33-21-5) at BLUE JACKETS (29-21-7)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSGSN
Islanders projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Bo Horvat – Mathew Barzal
Jonathan Drouin -- Calum Ritchie -- Emil Heineman
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Danton Heinen
Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier
Dmitri Voronkov -- Isac Lundestrom -- Miles Wood
Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk
Dante Fabbro -- Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Egor Zamula, Kent Johnson
Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery)
Status report
Neither team practiced Friday after playing road games Thursday; the Islanders in a 4-3 overtime win at the Montreal Canadiens and the Blue Jackets in a 4-2 loss at the Boston Bruins. ...
Greaves will start after Merzlikins made 19 saves Thursday.
