ISLANDERS (5-6-2) at SENATORS (6-6-0)
7 p.m. ET; RDSI, TSN5, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Isaiah George -- Noah Dobson
Ryan Pulock -- Scott Mayfield
Dennis Cholowski -- Grant Hutton
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Hudson Fasching
Injured: Anthony Duclair (lower body), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Adam Pelech (upper body), Mike Reilly (upper body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Ridly Greig
Claude Giroux -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Noah Gregor -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Michael Amadio
Nick Cousins -- Adam Gaudette -- Zack MacEwen
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven -- Travis Hamonic
Anton Forsberg
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: David Perron, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Shane Pinto (undisclosed)
Status report
George will move up to the top defense pair after playing 15:41 in his NHL debut, a 4-3 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. ... Martin will enter the lineup for Fasching, who will be a healthy scratch. … Defensemen Romanov and Reilly each missed the Islanders morning skate Thursday, will not dress and remain day to day. … Zub will return after missing nine games with a concussion; he will play on the first defense pair, Hamonic will move to the third pair and Bernard-Docker, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch. … Perron, a forward, will miss his eighth straight game since taking a leave of absence for personal reasons. ... Pinto, a forward who will miss his seventh consecutive game, was an extra forward in line rushes during the Senators morning skate Thursday.
