Islanders at Canadiens

ISLANDERS (27-23-5) at CANADIENS (20-27-4)

Islanders projected lineup
Josh Bailey -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Sebastian Aho -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon, Samuel Bolduc
Injured: Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Jonathan Drouin -- Alex Belzile
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body)
Status report
Pageau did not take part in practice Friday but is expected to play; Johnston took his place on the third line at practice. … Aho practiced with Dobson on the third pair. ... Bolduc, a defenseman, was paired with Wotherspoon and will be a healthy scratch. ... Clutterbuck, a forward, skated prior to practice. … Drouin practiced on the fourth line Friday and could return after missing seven games with an upper-body injury. … Montembeault will start Saturday and Allen will start against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. … Armia, a forward, practiced in a no-contact jersey Friday. … Belzile and Ylonen each was recalled on an emergency basis from Laval of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Edmundson, a defenseman, and Monahan, a forward, skated prior to the group for a second straight day Friday.