Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Ducks - 3/9/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The New York Islanders take on the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

ISLANDERS (29-26-7) at DUCKS (27-28-7)

9 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSGSN, KCOP-13

Islanders projected lineup

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

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Boqvist — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Noah Dobson

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Matt Martin, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly, Scott Mayfield

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

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate; the Islanders won 4-2 at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. … Hogberg was activated from injured reserve Sunday and could start after missing 14 games with an upper-body injury.

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Ducks projected lineup

Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Sam Colangelo
Jansen Harkins — Isaac Lundestrom – Brett Leason

Jackson LaCombe — Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov — Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger — Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso

Scratched: Oliver Kylington, Ross Johnston

Injured: John Gibson (lower body), Robby Fabbri (upper body), Brock McGinn (torn ACL)

Status report

Gibson, a goalie, returned to practice Saturday after being unavailable for a 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday because of an injury that occurred in a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. Husso, who backed up Dostal on Friday, was returned to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Saturday but was then recalled Sunday.

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