Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Bruins – 2/27/25

The New York Islanders take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

ISLANDERS (25-25-7) at BRUINS (27-24-8)

7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NESN, TVAS

Islanders projected lineup

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

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

Ilya Sorokin
Jakub Skarek

Scratched: Scott Mayfield, Pierre Engvall, Scott Perunovich

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Matt Martin (lower body), Marcus Hogberg (upper body) Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery)

Status report

Dobson is expected to return after missing 11 games with a lower-body injury; he was activated off long-term injury reserve Wednesday. … Fasching will return after missing 17 games with an upper-body injury

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Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Riley Tufte — Matthew Poitras — Justin Brazeau
Cole Koepke — John Beecher — Mark Kastelic

Nikita Zadorov – Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan — Parker Wotherspoon

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Jordan Oesterle, Oliver Wahlstrom

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder) Hampus Lindholm (knee), Trent Frederic (lower body)

Status report:

Frederic is week to week after the forward left in the second period of a 5-4 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday; he will be replaced in the lineup by Tufte, who was a healthy scratch Tuesday. … Brazeau will also play after being a healthy scratch against Toronto.

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