NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/6/2025 | Inside The Rink
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New York Islanders (15-10-3) at Tampa Bay Lightning (16-9-2)
Venue: Benchmark International Arena
Date: Saturday, December 6
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+, The Spot, MSGSN
Radio: 103.9 FM, 102.5 The Bone
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New York Islanders News & Notes:
The Islanders handed the Colorado Avalanche just their second regulation loss of the season 6-3 on Thursday. The Isles have the NHL’s 8th-ranked penalty kill at 82.9 percent.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning have lost back-to-back games after a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. Tampa Bay is first in the NHL in penalty killing at 87.4 percent.
New York Islanders Projected Lines
Heineman-Horvat-Shabanov
Lee-Barzal-Tsyplakov
Holmstrom-Ritchie-Duclair
Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb
Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Mitchell-Mayfield
Sorokin
Rittich
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Guentzel-Paul-Bjorkstrand
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Douglas-James-Goncalves
Moser-Raddysh
D’Astous-Lilleberg
Carlile-Crozier
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
New York Islanders
Bo Horvat leads the Islanders with 29 points. Mat Barzal is second on the team with 21 points.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 34 points. Brandon Hagel is second on the team with 29 points.
Injury Report:
New York Islanders
F Pierre Engvall – IR
G Semyon Varlamov – IR
D Alexander Romanov – IR
D Ethan Bear – IR
F Kyle Palmieri – IR
F Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Out
LW Jonathan Drouin – Day to day
Tampa Bay Lightning
D Ryan McDonagh – IR
D Erik Cernak – Day to day
D Victor Hedman – IR
C Brayden Point – Day to day
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