Projected Lineups for the Flames vs Islanders – 03/22/25

The New York Islanders host the Calgary Flames at UBS Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

FLAMES (32-25-11) at ISLANDERS (32-28-8)

4 p.m. ET; MSGSN, SN

Flames Projected Lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Martin Pospisil
Blake Coleman — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee — Yegor Sharangovich — Connor Zary
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar

Scratched: Daniil Miromanov, Dryden Hunt

Injured: Mikael Backlund (upper body)

Status Report: 

Coleman, Pospisil, Weegar, and Wolf each did not practice with the Flames on Friday because of maintenance but are expected to play. 

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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

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Adam Boqvist, Scott Mayfield

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

Status report:

Romanov is expected to return after missing two games with an illness; if he plays, Mayfield will come out of the lineup. … Hogberg will start after Sorokin started the previous five games.

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