Islanders at Penguins

ISLANDERS (34-29-9) at PENGUINS (42-22-11)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Josh Bailey -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Kieffer Bellows
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Ross Johnston
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Grant Hutton -- Andy Greene
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Oliver Wahlstrom
Injured: Scott Mayfield (lower body), Cal Clutterbuck (shoulder)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Rickard Rakell
Brock McGinn -- Teddy Blueger -- Evan Rodrigues
Danton Heinen -- Brian Boyle - Kasperi Kapanen
Mike Matheson -- Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin -- John Marino
Mark Friedman -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Marcus Pettersson
Injured: Nathan Beaulieu (lower body)
Suspended: Evgeni Malkin
Status report
Bellows will replace Wahlstrom at third-line right wing; Islanders coach Barry Trotz said Tuesday he could have made that change for a 5-4 shootout win against the Penguins, but Bellows had an illness. … Rust and Rodrigues each will be a game-time decision after missing the game Tuesday with a non-COVID illness. If they are unavailable, Pittsburgh could play with 10 forwards and seven defensemen because it does not have enough cap space to make an emergency recall from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.