Islanders at Canucks

ISLANDERS (16-17-6) at CANUCKS (21-20-6)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Kieffer Bellows
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Andy Greene -- Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Sebastian Aho, Kyle Palmieri
Injured: None
Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Jason Dickinson -- Bo Horvat -- Conor Garland
Vasily Podkolzin -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Tyler Motte -- Juho Lammikko -- Alex Chiasson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Kyle Burroughs -- Luke Schenn
Brad Hunt -- Noah Juulsen
Jaroslav Halak
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Ashton Sautner, Justin Dowling
Injured: Tucker Poolman (headaches), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Brady Keeper (leg), Brandon Sutter (illness)
COVID-19 protocol: Quinn Hughes, Matthew Highmore
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Wednesday. ... Palmieri will not play after being placed on paternity leave, but the center is expected to rejoin the Islanders for their game at the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. ... Halak will start after Demko made 35 saves in a 5-1 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. … Coach Bruce Boudreau indicated he might make one change among the Canucks' forwards, with Dowling likely to play, but did not say who might come out of the lineup.