The New York Islanders take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
ISLANDERS (30-28-8) at PENGUINS (28-31-10)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN
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
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Noah Dobson — Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Adam Boqvist (upper body), Alexander Romanov (illness)
Status report
With Romanov, a defenseman, not playing, he could be replaced on the top defense pair by Pelech, who is expected to return from missing a 4-2 win against the Florida Panthers on Sunday because of a lower-body injury.
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Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Bokondji Imama — Kevin Hayes — Emil Bemstrom
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Vladislav Kolyachonok — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Conor Timmins
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Matt Nieto, Sebastian Aho, Joona Koppanen
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body)
Status report
Jarry will start a fifth straight game for Pittsburgh. … Koppanen, a forward, was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis because Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said a few of their players are “nicked up.”
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