Sharks at Islanders

SHARKS (12-9-1) at ISLANDERS (5-10-2)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Logan Couture -- Jonathan Dahlen
Alexander Barabanov -- Tomas Hertl -- Rudolfs Balcers
Matt Nieto -- Nick Bonino -- Noah Gregor
Jonah Gadjovich -- Jasper Weatherby -- Kevin Labanc
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Jake Middleton -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Radim Simek
Adin Hill
James Reimer
Scratched:Santeri Hatakka, Andrew Cogliano, Lane Pederson, Scott Reedy
Injured:Nikolai Knyzhov (upper body)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee
-- Mathew Barzal --
Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Otto Koivula -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Andy Andreoff -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Robin Salo -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho --
Andy Greene
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched:Anatolii Golyshev, Grant Hutton, Kieffer Bellows, Ross Johnston
Injured: Brock Nelson (lower body), Ryan Pulock (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Zdeno Chara, Casey Cizikas
Status report
The Sharks did not have a morning skate. ... Karlsson and Middleton did not practice Wednesday but are expected to play. ... Cogliano is expected to miss the next two games for personal reasons. The forward could play at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. ... Hill will make his first start in six games. ... The NHL cleared the Islanders to resume their schedule Wednesday after games against the New York Rangers (Nov. 28) and Philadelphia Flyers (Nov. 30) were postponed with up to eight players potentially unavailable to play due to COVID-19 protocol. ... Bellows and Johnston have been cleared from protocol but neither forward will play. ... Chara, a defenseman, skated on his own. ... The Islanders assigned forward
Richard Panik
and defensemen
Thomas Hickey
and
Paul LaDue
to Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Thursday.