Islanders at Lightning

ISLANDERS (5-4-2) at LIGHTNING (7-3-3)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Zdeno Chara -- Ryan Pulock
Andy Greene -- Sebastian Aho
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Noah Dobson, Kieffer Bellows, Ross Johnston
Injured: None
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Anthony Cirelli
Alex Killorn -- Steven Stamkos -- Mathieu Joseph
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Taylor Raddysh -- Ross Colton -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Andrej Sustr, Boris Katchouk, Fredrik Claesson
Injured:Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Gemel Smith (lower body), Erik Cernak (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders had an optional skate. ... Aho could make his season debut in place of Dobson. Islanders coach Barry Trotz did not rule out additional lineup changes. ... Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Cernak, a defenseman, might be closer to returning than originally anticipated.