Islanders at Flyers

ISLANDERS (15-8-0) at FLYERS (7-10-5)

Islanders projected lineup
Josh Bailey -- Mathew Barzal -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Ross Johnston
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Sebastian Aho -- Noah Dobson
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Simon Holmstrom, Robin Salo
Injured: Kyle Palmieri (undisclosed)
Flyers projected lineup
Kieffer Bellows -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Scott Laughton -- Noah Cates -- Zack MacEwen
Joel Farabee -- Lukas Sedlak -- Kevin Hayes
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Tanner Laczynski -- Max Willman
Ivan Provorov -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Travis Sanheim -- Justin Braun
Egor Zamula -- Nick Seeler
Carter Hart
Felix Sandstrom
Scratched: Patrick Brown
Injured: Sean Couturier (back), Cam Atkinson (upper body), James van Riemsdyk (finger), Wade Allison (hip/oblique), Travis Konecny (upper body), Tony DeAngelo (lower body)
Status report
The Islanders held an optional morning skate. ... DeAngelo took part in a portion of the optional morning skate but the defenseman will not play. ... Laughton was activated from injured reserve after missing four games because of an upper-body injury. ... Konecny and van Riemsdyk skated on their own before the optional morning skate but neither forward will play. ... The Flyers assigned forward Jackson Cates to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League.