Islanders at Canadiens

ISLANDERS (3-2-2) at CANADIENS (3-8-0)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Zdeno Chara -- Ryan Pulock
Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Kieffer Bellows, Ross Johnston
Injured:None
Canadiens projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Adam Brooks -- Alex Belzile
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- David Savard
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Sami Niku
Injured: Jonathan Drouin (head), Paul Byron (hip), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Mathieu Perreault (eye)
Suspended: Cedric Paquette
Status report
Sorokin is expected to start. ... Drouin took part in the morning skate Thursday but will not play. The forward is day to day after being hit in the head by a shot from Kulak in the first period of a 3-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. … Byron, a forward, was on the ice prior to the morning skate. ... Paquette, a center, will serve the second of a two-game suspension for boarding Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras during a 4-2 loss Sunday.