Islanders at Lightning

ISLANDERS (39-28-9) at LIGHTNING (44-26-6)

Islanders projected lineup
Zach Parise -- Bo Horvat -- Hudson Fasching
Pierre Engvall -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Samuel Bolduc -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Josh Bailey, Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Sebastian Aho (upper body), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Ross Colton -- Nick Paul -- Brandon Hagel
Patrick Maroon -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Tanner Jeannot -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev -- Darren Raddysh
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Zach Bogosian, Haydn Fleury, Michael Eyssimont
Injured: None
Status report
Barzal will begin skating again this weekend, Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello said Saturday; the center has missed 17 games. ... Sorokin will make his 12th start in 14 games. ... Aho, a defenseman, took part in the morning skate but will not be in the lineup, but participated in the morning skate but will miss his sixth straight game. ... The Lightning are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 5-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday. ... Vasilevskiy is expected to start for the 12th time in 15 games.