{"id":491404,"date":"2026-03-07T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/491404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:28:19","slug":"nhl-game-preview-new-york-islanders-at-san-jose-sharks-with-line-combinations-03-07-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/491404\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/07\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/07\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772893695_179_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/07\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772893698_186_Untitled-design-1-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders (35-23-5, 75 pts) at San Jose Sharks (30-25-5, 65 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: SAP Center at San Jose<br \/>Date: Saturday, March 7<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+\/MSGSN\/NBCS-BA<br \/>Radio: 103.9 FM LI News\/92.5 ALT Radio<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders suffered a 5-3 loss to the Kings on Thursday. The loss was their second straight, and they dropped to 3-2-0 since the Olympic break, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing four goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks\u00a0are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Blues last night. They\u2019re currently on a four-game point streak, averaging four goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Palat-Horvat-Barzal<br \/>Heineman-Schenn-Ritchie<br \/>Lee-Pageu-Holmstrom<br \/>Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer-Pulock<br \/>Pelech-DeAngelo<br \/>Soucy-Mayfield<\/p>\n<p>Sorokin<br \/>Rittich<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=isles+hockey&amp;_pos=1&amp;_psq=isles&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0&amp;_gl=1*1cyq10s*_gcl_au*OTM3MDgzMjI1LjE3NjU4MjU4OTI.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Isles Hockey merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Graf-Celebrini-Smith<br \/>Kurashev-Wennberg-Sherwood <br \/>Eklund-Misa-Toffoli<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Gaudette<\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Klingberg<br \/>Ferraro-Mukhamadullin<br \/>Dickinson-Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>Askarov<br \/>Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/san-jose-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=san&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get San Jose Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Schaefer had a goal and an assist in the Islanders\u2019 4-3 win over the Sharks back in October.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Collin Graf had a goal and an assist against the Islanders back on October 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders<\/p>\n<p>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/pierre-engvall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Engvall<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/semyon-varlamov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Semyon Varlamov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/alexander-romanov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Romanov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/kyle-palmieri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Palmieri<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>F Ty Dellandrea \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772893699_811_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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