ISLANDERS (11-7-2) at RED WINGS (12-7-1)
7 pm ET; FDSNDET, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Jonathan Drouin — Mathew Barzal — Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Maxim Shabanov
Casey Cizikas — Calum Ritchie — Anthony Duclair
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Boqvist — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Maxim Tsyplakov, Marshall Warren
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body), Alexander Romanov (upper body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — J.T. Compher — Marco Kasper
Emmitt Finnie — Nate Danielson — Mason Appleton
Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — James van Riemsdyk
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Travis Hamonic — Albert Johansson
John Gibson
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Jonatan Berggren, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Elmer Soderblom (undisclosed)
Status report
The Islanders recalled Warren, a defenseman. from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League after Romanov, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. … Gibson will start after Talbot started and won the past two games. … Holmstrom will return to the lineup after missing a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday with an illness.
