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New York Islanders (16-10-3) at Florida Panthers (13-12-2)
Date: Sunday, December 7
Time: 5:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+, SCRIPPS, MSGSN
Radio: 88.7 FM, 560AM WQAM

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New York Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders have won three games in a row after a 2-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. New York has the NHL’s 7th-ranked penalty kill at 82.9 percent.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-6 in overtime on Saturday, snapping a four-game losing streak. Florida is 20th in the NHL in power play efficiency at 17.6 percent.

New York Islanders Projected Lines

Heineman-Horvat-Shabanov
Lee-Barzal-Tsyplakov
Holmstrom-Ritchie-Duclair
Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb

Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Mitchell-Mayfield

Rittich
Sorokin

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Marchand
Samoskevich-Rodrigues-Greer
Boqvist-Studnicka-Kunin

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Jones
Sebrango-Petry

Tarasov
Bobrovsky

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Players To Watch:

New York Islanders

Bo Horvat leads the Islanders with 29 points. Mat Barzal has chipped in 21 points. Rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer has 20 points.

Florida Panthers

Brad Marchand leads the Panthers with 31 points and had a goal and three assists in Saturday’s win. Sam Reinhart has chipped in with 25 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

Florida Panthers

LW Matthew Tkachuk – IR
C Aleksander Barkov – IR
C Tomas Nosek – OUT
D Dmitry Kulikov – IR
LW Jonah Gadjovich – IR
C Cole Schwindt – OUT

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