ISLANDERS (1-1-0) at RANGERS (3-1-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN+
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Brayden Schenn -- Calum Ritchie -- Victor Eklund
Anthony Duclair -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Ondrej Palat -- Casey Cizikas -- Matias Maccelli
Adam Pelech -- Matthew Schaefer
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Logan Stanley -- Tony DeAngelo
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Scott Mayfield, Kyle MacLean
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Gabe Perreault -- Mika Zibanejad -- Alexis Lafreniere
Tye Kartye -- J.T. Miller -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Will Cuylle -- Noah Laba -- Eeli Tolvanen
Jaroslav Chmelar -- Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox
Marcus Pettersson -- Sean Durzi
Alberts Smits -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Dylan Garand
Scratched: Scott Morrow
Injured: Joonas Korpisalo (lower body), Joseph Veleno (lower body)
Status report
Varlamov will start in his first NHL appearance since Nov. 29, 2024; he missed most of the 2024-25 season and all of last season because of multiple knee surgeries. … Veleno, a center, will miss his first game since sustaining a lower-body injury in the first period of the Rangers' 4-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday. … The Rangers could recall a center from Hartford of the American Hockey League before the game; Bjorkstrand, who had been the left wing on the fourth line, was filling the role in practice Monday.
