Sharks at Islanders projected lineups

SHARKS (14-27-6) at ISLANDERS (17-20-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Collin Graf -- Mikael Granlund -- Will Smith

William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Tyler Toffoli

Luke Kunin -- Alexander Wennberg -- Fabian Zetterlund

Barclay Goodrow -- Nico Sturm -- Ty Dellandrea

Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci

Mario Ferraro -- Timothy Liljegren

Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Jan Rutta

Alexandar Georgiev

Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Henry Thrun

Injured: Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body), Logan Couture (lower body), Vitek Vanacek (upper body), Klim Kostin (lower body)

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Mathew Barzal

Anthony Duclair -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri

Simon Holmstrom -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Casey Cizikas

Pierre Engvall -- Kyle MacLean -- Marc Gatcomb

Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock

Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson

Isaiah George -- Scott Mayfield

Marcus Hogberg

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Matt Martin, Dennis Cholowski

Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Hudson Fasching (upper body)

Suspended: Maxim Tsyplakov

Status report

Liljegren (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision; Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said there will be other game-time decisions because of illness. ... Smith will play right wing on the top line. ... The Islanders held an optional morning skate Saturday. ... Holmstrom and Romanov each will be a game-time decision; Holmstrom has missed seven games with an upper-body injury and Romanov has missed three games, also with an upper-body injury. ... Holmstrom has yet to be activated from injured reserve. ... Tsyplakov, a forward, will serve the first of a three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Philadelphia Flyers forward Ryan Poehling in a 5-3 loss Thursday