ISLANDERS (27-20-14) at SHARKS (15-39-7)
10:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NBCSCA, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Islanders projected lineup
Brock Nelson -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Noah Dobson
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Sebastian Aho
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Scott Mayfield (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Mikael Granlund -- Fabian Zetterlund
Filip Zadina -- William Eklund -- Luke Kunin
Kevin Labanc -- Nico Sturm -- Justin Bailey
Thomas Bordeleau -- Ryan Carpenter -- Givani Smith
Mario Ferraro -- Kyle Burroughs
Henry Thrun -- Jan Rutta
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Calen Addison
Magnus Chrona
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Nikita Okhotiuk, Alexander Barabanov, Anthony Duclair
Injured: Matt Benning (hip), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Logan Couture (groin), Ty Emberson (laceration), Tomas Hertl (lower body)
Status report
Sorokin will make his sixth consecutive start. ... The Sharks held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Forwards Duclair and Barabanov each will be scratched. ... Chrona will start after Kahkonen started the past two games. ... Bordeleau was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and Emberson, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve.
