Islanders at Stars

ISLANDERS (32-27-9) at STARS (39-26-3)

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
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched:Sebastian Aho, Kieffer Bellows, Robin Salo
Injured:Cal Clutterbuck (shoulder), Scott Mayfield (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Tyler Seguin -- Denis Gurianov
Jacob Peterson -- Jamie Benn -- Alexander Radulov
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- John Klingberg
Joel Hanley -- Andrej Sekera
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched:Joel Kiviranta
Injured:Jani Hakanpaa (upper body), Braden Holtby (lower body), Esa Lindell (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders reassigned goalie Cory Schneider to Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. He made 27 saves against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday for his first NHL win in since March 6, 2020. ... Sorokin is expected to return after missing the past four games because of an upper-body injury sustained in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Mar. 27. ... The Stars did not hold a morning skate Tuesday. ... Defenseman Hakanpaa could return to the lineup after being a late scratch Sunday versus the Seattle Kraken after he was injured during warmups. ... Lindell, a defenseman, could return after missing the past three games with an upper body injury.