Islanders at Rangers

ISLANDERS (18-13-2) at RANGERS (18-11-5)

Islanders projected lineup
Josh Bailey -- Mathew Barzal -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Robin Salo -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Cory Schneider
Scratched:Ross Johnston
Injured:Adam Pelech (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), Kyle Palmieri (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Barclay Goodrow
Alexis Lafreniere -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Chris Kreider -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jimmy Vesey
Vitali Kravtsov -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:Sammy Blais, Libor Hajek
Injured:None
Status report
Palmieri, a forward, has resumed skating but will be for a third straight game. … Varlamov, a goalie, has not resumed skating and won't dress for his second straight game. … Pelech, a defenseman, and Clutterbuck, a forward, are also not skating yet. Pelech will miss be out for a seventh straight game and Clutterbuck a third. Each are on injured reserve. … Gauthier is expected to return to the Rangers lineup after being a healthy scratch for three straight games. He will likely replace Blais, a forward.