{"id":388650,"date":"2026-01-03T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/388650\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:41:13","slug":"nhl-game-preview-toronto-maple-leafs-at-new-york-islanders-with-line-combinations-1-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/388650\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 1\/3\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Auston<\/p>\n

Photo via TSN<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs (19-15-6, 44 pts) at New York Islanders (22-15-4, 48 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Saturday, January 3
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0NHLN, SPORTSNET+, MAGSN
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Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, 6-5. They\u2019re 4-0-1 in their last five games, averaging five goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n

New York Islanders News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Islanders lost their last contest against the Utah Mammoth 7-2 on Thursday. They\u2019re 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 2.2 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

McMann-Matthews-Domi
Maccelli-Tavares-Knies
Cowan-Roy-Robertson
Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok<\/p>\n

Rielly-Myers
McCabe-Ekman Larsson
Benoit-Stecher<\/p>\n

Woll
Hildeby<\/p>\n

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New York Islanders Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Lee-Barzal-Heineman
Shabanov-Pageau-Tsyplakov
Drouin-Ritchie-Holmstrom
Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb<\/p>\n

Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Boqvist-Mayfield<\/p>\n

Rittich
Hogberg<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n

Auston Matthews<\/a> had a four-point night, with three goals and one assist, in the Leafs\u2019 6-5 win over the Jets on January 1st.<\/p>\n

New York Islanders<\/p>\n

Matthew Schaefer<\/a> had a goal in the Islanders 7-2 loss to the Mammoth back on January 1st.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Anthony Stolarz<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
D\u00a0Chris Tanev<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Out
D\u00a0Brandon Carlo<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Dakota Joshua<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Out
F\u00a0William Nylander<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 DTD
F\u00a0Dakota Mermis \u2013 IR<\/p>\n

New York Islanders<\/p>\n

G Ilya Sorokin<\/a> \u2013 IR
F Pierre Engvall<\/a> \u2013 IR
G\u00a0Semyon Varlamov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
D\u00a0Alexander Romanov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Kyle Palmieri<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F- Bo Horvart<\/a> -Out<\/p>\n

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