Islanders at Panthers

ISLANDERS (2-3-0) at PANTHERS (3-1-1)

Islanders projected lineup
Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Nikita Soshnikov -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Josh Bailey, Kieffer Bellows, Ross Johnston.
Injured: None
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Rudolfs Balcers -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Colin White
Ryan Lomberg -- Nick Cousins -- Patric Hornqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Matt Kiersted -- Marc Staal
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Lucas Carlsson, Eric Staal
Injured: link-placeholder-45, Aaron Ekblad (lower body)
Status report
Varlamov is expected to start after Sorokin made 21 saves in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. … Eric Staal signed a one-year contract Friday but the forward is not expected to play Sunday.