Islanders at Sharks

ISLANDERS (19-20-7) at SHARKS (22-22-6)

Islanders projected lineup
Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Kyle Palmieri
Kieffer Bellows -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Sebastian Aho -- Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Andy Greene, Ross Johnston, Josh Bailey
Injured: None
Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Barabanov
Ryan Dzingel -- Logan Couture -- Jonathan Dahlen
Noah Gregor -- Nick Bonino -- Matt Nieto
Andrew Cogliano -- Jasper Weatherby -- Jeffrey Viel
Jake Middleton -- Brent Burns
Mario Ferraro -- Nicolas Meloche
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Ryan Merkley
James Reimer
Zach Sawchenko
Scratched: Radim Simek, Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: Erik Karlsson (upper body), Kevin Labanc (upper body), Adin Hill (lower body), Rudolfs Balcers (upper body)
Status report
Sorokin will make his eighth straight start. ... Wahlstrom will return after missing two games because of an upper-body injury. ... Balcers is day to day after the forward was injured during a 4-3 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday; Dahlen will take his place in the lineup. ... Merkley will be back in the lineup for Simek, a defenseman.