Projected Lineups for Islanders vs Golden Knights - 2/4/25 - The Hockey Writers - New York Islanders

The New York Islanders take on the Vegas Golden Knights tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (31-16-6) at ISLANDERS (24-21-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSGSN

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Victor Olofsson — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brandon Saad — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Tanner Pearson — Nicholas Roy — Raphael Lavoie

Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak, Alexander Holtz

Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Cole Schwindt (lower body)

Status report

The Golden Knights did not hold a morning skate Tuesday. … Pearson did not practice Monday, and there was no update provided; if he can’t go, it’s likely Holtz, a forward, would play in his place. … Eichel and Pietrangelo did not practice because of maintenance but each is expected to play.

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Islanders projected lineup

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

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Scott Perunovich
Dennis Cholowski — Adam Boqvist

Ilya Sorokin
Jakub Skarek

Scratched: Matt Martin

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Scott Mayfield (lower body), Noah Dobson (lower body), Ryan Pulock (upper body), Marcus Hogberg (upper body) Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Hudson Fasching (upper body)

Status report

Fasching has returned from his conditioning stint with Bridgeport of the American Hockey League but the forward will not play. … Barzal, a forward who is out indefinitely, has not been ruled out from returning before the end of the regular season.