Projected Lineups for Islanders vs Panthers – 12/7/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The New York Islanders take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

ISLANDERS (16-10-3) at PANTHERS (12-12-2)

5 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSGSN, SN

Islanders projected lineup

Emil Heineman — Bo Horvat — Maxim Shabanov
Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Maxim Tsyplakov
Anthony Duclair — Calum Ritchie — Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb

Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Boqvist — Scott Mayfield

David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Travis Mitchell

Injured: Kyle Palmieri (torn ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Pageau, a center, could return; he missed his seventh straight game Saturday, a 2-0 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning. … Drouin, a forward, did not travel with the Islanders and is considered day to day.

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Panthers projected lineup

Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer — Evan Rodrigues — Mackie Samoskevich
Jesper Boqvist — Jack Studnicka — Luke Kunin

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Donovan Sebrango — Uvis Balinskis

Daniil Tarasov
Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Jeff Petry, Jack Devine, Noah Gregor

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Cole Schwindt (arm)

Status report:

Tarasov is expected to start after Bobrovsky played Saturday in the Panthers’ 7-6 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.