The Vancouver Canucks face the New York Islanders at Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
ISLANDERS (6-6-4) at CANUCKS (8-3-3)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, MSGSN, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Maxim Tsyplakov — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Oliver Wahlstrom
Scott Mayfield — Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George — Noah Dobson
Dennis Cholowski — Grant Hutton
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Hudson Fasching, Travis Mitchell
Injured: Mathew Barzal (upper body), Mike Reilly (head), Alexander Romanov (upper body)
Status report
- Mitchell was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Thursday in order to have an extra defenseman in case of injury over the final four games of a five-game road trip, coach Patrick Roy said.
- Romanov, a defenseman who has missed eight of the past nine games, skated in a non-contact jersey Thursday, is day to day and could return on this road trip.
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Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Pius Suter — J.T. Miller — Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua — Aatu Raty — Nils Hoglander
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom — Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Noah Juulsen
Injured: Brock Boeser (upper body), Derek Forbort (lower body), Thatcher Demko (lower body)
Status report
- Joshua will make his season debut after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in the summer and undergoing surgery.
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