ISLANDERS (5-4-2) at PREDATORS (4-3-4)
8 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSGSN2, SN+
Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Emil Heineman — Brayden Schenn — Victor Eklund
Ondrej Palat — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Casey Cizikas — Mitchell Chaffee
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Logan Stanley — Matthew Kessel
Scott Mayfield
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Kyle MacLean
Injured: Mathew Barzal (knee), Matias Maccelli (lower body), Calum Ritchie (lower body), Alexander Romanov (torn right ACL)
Predators projected lineup
Steven Stamkos — Ryan O’Reilly
Filip Forsberg — Alexander Kerfoot — Mavrik Bourque
Nils Hoglander — Matthew Wood – Jonathan Marchessault
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Adam Edstrom
Roman Josi — Adam Wilsby
Nicolas Hague — Jayden Struble
Brady Skjei — Nick Perbix
Daemon Hunt
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Ilya Lyubushkin, Vitali Pinchuk, Reid Schaefer
Injured: William Trudeau (upper body)
Status report
Each team is expected to use 11 forwards and seven defensemen … Mayfield is set to play for the first time since Oct. 10; MacLean, a forward, will be scratched. … New York placed forwards Maccelli and Ritchie on injured reserve Monday, retroactive to Oct. 17.