Islanders at Rangers

ISLANDERS (29-15-5) at RANGERS (26-18-6)

Islanders projected lineup
Josh Bailey -- Mathew Barzal -- Jordan Eberle
Travis Zajac -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anthony Beauvillier -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Nick Leddy -- Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Andy Greene -- Braydon Coburn
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Noah Dobson, Sebastian Aho, Michael Dal Colle, Ross Johnston, Leo Komarov, Cory Schneider
Injured: None
Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Colin Blackwell
Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Brett Howden -- Kevin Rooney -- Vitali Kravtsov
Libor Hajek -- Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren -- Zac Jones
K'Andre Miller -- Brendan Smith
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Anthony Bitetto, Phillip Di Giuseppe
Injured: Jacob Trouba (upper body)
Status report
Varlamov could start after Sorokin started the past two games. … Kreider did not participate in the morning skate Thursday because of maintenance and will be a game-time decision. … Di Giuseppe, a forward, likely would play if Kreider is unable to; he was on the fourth line during the morning skate with Kravtsov at left wing on the third line. … Trouba remains day to day; the defenseman will miss his fifth straight game.