Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Blue Jackets – 4/17/25

The New York Islanders take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

ISLANDERS (35-34-12) at BLUE JACKETS (39-33-9)gen

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSGSN, SN1

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Scott Perunovich — Tony DeAngelo
Noah Dobson — Scott Mayfield
Mike Reilly — Adam Boqvist

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Alexander Romanov (illness)

Status report:

Boquist and Reilly each will enter the lineup with defensemen Pelech and Pulock coming out. … Romanov, a defenseman, will likely miss a second straight game, Islanders coach Patrick Roy said. 

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Blue Jackets projected lineup

Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov — Cole Sillinger — Mathieu Olivier
Jack Williams — Sean Kuraly — Justin Danforth

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jordan Harris — Erik Gudbranson

Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Christian Fischer, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Johnson

Injured: Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Jake Christiansen (upper body), Zach Aston-Reese (undisclosed)

Status Report:

Williams will make his NHL debut. … Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said Aston-Reese, a forward, is “a little banged up” and the only lineup change from a 3-0 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.

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