NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 12/16/2025

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New York Islanders (19-11-3, 41 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (18-12-3, 39 pts) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 16
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/MSGSN/FDSNDET
Radio: 103.9 FM LI News/97.1 The Ticket

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New York Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders picked up their third straight win on Saturday with a 3-2 shootout win over the Lightning. They’ve won six of their last seven games, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings are coming off a six-game road trip in which they went 4-1-1. They beat the Blackhawks 4-0 on Saturday to conclude the trip. They averaged 3.7 goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game during the trip.

New York Islanders Projected Lines:

Drouin-Barzal-Heineman
Duclair-Ritchie-Shabanov
Lee-Pageau-Holmstrom
Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb

Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Mitchell-Mayfield

Sorokin
Rittich

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Finnie-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Copp-Leonard
Kasper-Danielson-Soderblom
van Riemsdyk-Compher-Rasmussen

Edvinsson-Seider
Chiarot-Sandin Pelikka
Johansson-Bernard Docker

Talbot
Gibson

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Players To Watch:

New York Islanders

Mathew Barzal has a goal in each game against Detroit this season. In one game, he had a goal, and in the other, he had a goal and an assist.

Detroit Red Wings

Dylan Larkin scored one of the Red Wings’ two goals against the Islanders this season. The Red Wings were shut out in one of the two games.

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 Bo Horvat – Out

Detroit Red Wings

F Mason Appleton – IR
F Patrick Kane – DTD

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