ISLANDERS (5-6-4) at KRAKEN (5-8-4)
10 p.m. ET; MSGSN, ROOT-NW
Islanders projected lineup
Mathew Barzal -- Bo Horvat -- Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Noah Dobson
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Hudson Fasching, Julien Gauthier, Samuel Bolduc
Injured: None
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matthew Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Alexander Wennberg -- Brandon Tanev
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tye Kartye -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kailer Yamamoto
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Jaycob Megna, Andrew Poturalski
Injured: Andre Burakovsky (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders did not hold a morning skate after their 4-3 overtime loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. … Varlamov is likely to play after Sorokin made 39 saves Wednesday. … The Kraken held an optional morning skate after a 4-3 overtime loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. … Poturalski was recalled from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … Eberle played Wednesday after missing three games because of a cut on his leg from a skate blade sustained during practice Nov. 8. … Grubauer is expected to start after Daccord made 27 saves Wednesday.
