Islanders at Golden Knights

ISLANDERS (17-13-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (22-9-1)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Josh Bailey -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Robin Salo -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Sebastian Aho -- Noah Dobson
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Hudson Fasching, Simon Holmstrom
Injured: Adam Pelech (upper body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Phil Kessel -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Jonas Rondbjerg
-- Jake Leschyshyn -- Michael Amadio
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez -- Nicolas Hague
Brayden McNabb -- Daniil Miromanov
Ben Hutton --
Alex Pietrangelo
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Scratched: None
Injured: Brett Howden (lower body), Shea Theodore (lower body), Jack Eichel (undisclosed), Zach Whitecloud (undisclosed), Paul Cotter (undisclosed)
Status Report
Varlamov is expected to start after Sorokin made 24 saves in a 5-4 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday. … Pietrangelo is set to return to the lineup after missing the last nine games with a personal matter. … Cotter, a forward, is day to day. ... The Golden Knights reassigned defensemen Brayden Pachal and Kaedan Korczak to Henderson of the American Hockey League on Saturday.