Projected Lineups for Islanders vs Stars – 11/18/25

The New York Islanders take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

ISLANDERS (10-7-2) at STARS (12-4-3)

8 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSGSN2

Islanders projected lineup

Emil Heineman — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Jonathan Drouin — Mathew Barzal — Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Casey Cizikas — Calum Ritchie — Maxim Shabanov

Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Alexander Romanov — Scott Mayfield

David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Maxim Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist

Injured: Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)

Status report

Holmstrom missed the Islanders’ morning skate because of an illness and will be a game-time decision.

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Stars projected lineup

Sam Steel — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Tyler Seguin
Oskar Back — Justin Hyrckowian — Maverick Bourque
Jamie Benn — Radek Faksa — Colin Blackwell

Esa Lindell — Miro Heiskanen
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic
Vladislav Kolyachonok — Kyle Capobianco

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Nathan Bastian

Injured: Adam Erne (lower body), Matt Duchene (upper body), Nils Lundkvist (lower body), Ilya Lyubushkin (undisclosed)

Status report

Benn will make his season debut after suffering a collapsed lung during the preseason. … Lyubushkin, a defenseman, is day to day; Kolyachonok will make his season debut after being recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League.

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