Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Lightning – 3/29/25

The New York Islanders take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SLANDERS (32-29-10) at LIGHTNING (42-25-5)

2 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSGSN, SN360, TVAS

Islanders projected lineup

Simon Holmstrom — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Maxim Tsyplakov — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Noah Dobson
Adam Boqvist — Ryan Pulock

Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Scott Mayfield, Mike Reilly

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)

Status report:

Sorokin will start and Hogberg will start at the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. … Boqvist will enter the lineup and is expected to see time on the power play.

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Gage Goncalves — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Mitchell Chaffee

Injured: None

Status report:

The Lightning are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

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