Islanders at Senators

ISLANDERS (5-10-5) at SENATORS (7-15-1)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Josh Bailey
Kieffer Bellows -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Anthony Beauvillier -- Austin Czarnik -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Zach Parise -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson
Zdeno Chara -- Sebastian Aho
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Robin Salo, Ross Johnston, Grant Hutton, Otto Koivula
Injured: Brock Nelson (lower body), Ryan Pulock (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Casey Cizikas
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Nick Paul --
Tim Stutzle
-- Connor Brown
Alex Formenton -- Chris Tierney -- Tyler Ennis
Zach Sanford -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nikita Zaitsev
Nick Holden -- Artem Zub
Victor Mete -- Lassi Thomson
Anton Forsberg
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Adam Gaudette
Injured: Colin White (shoulder), Erik Brannstrom (broken hand), Shane Pinto (upper body), Josh Brown (hand)
COVID-19 protocol: Dillon Heatherington
Status report
Martin has been dealing with a nagging, undisclosed injury, but will play. Islanders coach Barry Trotz said Martin's injury will likely linger for a while. … Nelson has resumed skating. The forward hasn't played since Nov. 21. … The Senators did not hold a morning skate. They arrived in Ottawa early Tuesday morning after a 3-2 shootout victory at the New Jersey Devils on Monday.