Islanders at Penguins

ISLANDERS (33-25-8) at PENGUINS (32-22-9)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Pierre Engvall
Zach Parise -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Simon Holmstrom -- Otto Koivula -- Josh Bailey
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Sebastian Aho -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Drew O'Connor -- Mikael Granlund -- Jeff Carter
Danton Heinen -- Nick Bonino -- Josh Archibald
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin -- Jeff Petry
Dmitry Kulikov -- Jan Rutta
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Alexander Nylander
Injured: Ryan Poehling (upper body)
Status report
Pageau, a center, and Clutterbuck, a forward, each participated in the Islanders morning skate Thursday but did not take line rushes. Pageau has missed 10 games and Clutterbuck has missed 19. ... Sorokin is expected to make his ninth start in 11 games. ... Rust and Granlund each is expected to return after missing a 5-4 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday; Rust attended the birth of his second son; Granlund was sidelined with an illness. ... Jarry will start for the seventh time in nine games.