ISLANDERS (14-7-8) at CANADIENS (12-13-4)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Pierre Engvall -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Simon Holmstrom -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Julien Gauthier
Hudson Fasching -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Samuel Bolduc-- Robert Bortuzzo
Mike Reilly -- Sebastian Aho
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Grant Hutton, Oliver Wahlstrom
Injured: Matt Martin (upper body), Adam Pelech (upper body), Ryan Pulock (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Sean Monahan -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Joel Armia -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Kaiden Guhle -- Justin Barron
Jayden Struble -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Emil Heineman, Gustav Lindstrom, Cayden Primeau, Mitchell Stephens
Injured: Jordan Harris (lower body), Raphael Harvey-Picard (lower body), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders did not conduct a morning skate Saturday. … Varlamov is likely to start after Sorokin made 30 saves in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Boston Bruins on Friday. … The Canadiens will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. … Montembeault, who made 27 saves Wednesday, will make his fourth start in six games. … Harris took part in the morning skate but the defenseman will not play after practicing Friday for the first time since being placed on injured reserve Nov. 21; he has missed 11 games. ... Evans skated Saturday and will play after taking therapy days Thursday and Friday.
