Islanders at Canadiens

ISLANDERS (34-30-9) at CANADIENS (20-43-11)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Josh Bailey -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Kieffer Bellows
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Ross Johnston
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Grant Hutton -- Andy Greene
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Oliver Wahlstrom
Injured: Scott Mayfield (lower body), Cal Clutterbuck (shoulder)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Ryan Poehling -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Carey Price
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Jordan Harris, William Lagesson, Kale Clague, Tyler Pitlick, Laurent Dauphin, Mathieu Perreault
Injured: Jake Allen (groin), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Justin Barron (ankle)
Status report
The Islanders did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. … Varlamov could start after Sorokin allowed four goals on 26 shots against Pittsburgh. ... Price will start and make his season debut. It will be his first game since Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on July 7. … Suzuki did not take part in the Canadiens morning skate Friday but is expected to play.