The Vancouver Canucks take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANUCKS (33-26-12) at ISLANDERS (32-28-10)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, SN, TVAS
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — Pius Suter — Brock Boeser
Jonathan Lekkerimaki — Teddy Bleuger — Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor — Nils Aman — Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua — Aatu Raty — Linus Karlsson
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Quinn Hughes — Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Derek Forbort — Elias Pettersson
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Victor Mancini, Arturs Silovs
Injured: Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)
Status report:
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Demko will make his second straight start after missing 15 games with a lower-body injury.
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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
Mike Reilly — Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Scott Mayfield, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
Status report:
Fasching will return after missing a 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday because of illness. … Boqvist, a defenseman who played forward Monday, will come out.
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