CANADIENS (33-27-7) at ISLANDERS (31-28-8)
7:30 p.m. ET (MSG, TSN2, RDS)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Maxim Tsyplakov — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Noah Dobson — Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Alexander Romanov (illness)
Status report
Romanov took part in the Islanders morning skate but the defensemen likely will miss his second straight game, coach Patrick Roy said.
