ISLANDERS (37-27-15) at RANGERS (53-23-4)
12:30 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS
Islanders projected lineup
Casey Cizikas -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Simon Holmstrom -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Pierre Engvall
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov -- Sebastian Aho
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching
Injured: Noah Dobson (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Alex Wennberg -- Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson -- Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders did not practice Friday. ... Dobson, a defenseman, will not play and is day to day after being injured during a 3-2 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday; Aho will play alongside Romanov on the first defense pair and Bortuzzo will enter the lineup to play with Reilly on the third defense pair. ... Sorokin will start after Varlamov started the past three games. … The Rangers practiced Friday with Trouba paired with Gustafsson and Schneider paired with Miller; Trouba had been playing with Miller, Schneider with Gustafsson. ... Rempe is expected to enter the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games, replacing Brodzinski, a forward. … Chytil practiced Friday for the first time since Jan. 26, when he had a setback in his recovery from an upper-body injury sustained Nov. 2; the forward won't play Saturday, but can be a full participant in practice and could play during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
