The New York Islanders take on the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
10 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NBCSCA
Islanders projected lineup
Kyle Palmieri — Bo Horvat — Anthony Duclair
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Maxim Tsyplakov — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Pierre Engvall — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb
Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Noah Dobson
Adam Boqvist — Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Jakub Skarek
Scratched: Scott Mayfield, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly, Matt Martin
Injured: Mathew Barzal (Knee), Marcus Hoberg (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
Status report
Martin and Reilly each was activated from long-term injured reserve but won’t play. … Boqvist will enter the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 3-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday and will replace Mayfield, a forward. … Hogberg, a goalie, returned to practice Friday but was not activated from injured reserve.
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Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Klim Kostin — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
Nikolai Kovalenko — Ty Dellandrea — Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow — Patrick Giles — Carl Grundstrom
Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Timothy Liljegren
Henry Thrun — Vincent Desharnais
Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov
Scratched: Noah Gregor
Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Thrun was activated from injured reserve and will play after missing four games with an upper-body injury. … Giles and Desharnais each will make his Sharks debut after being acquired in trades Wednesday; Giles from the Florida Panthers and Desharnais from the Pittsburgh Penguins. … Gregor, a center acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Friday, will not be available because of visa issues.
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