HURRICANES (52-22-7) at ISLANDERS (43-33-5)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSGSN
Hurricanes projected lineup
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Bradly Nadeau
William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Nicolas Deslauriers
Eric Robinson — Skyler Brind’Amour — Jordan Martinook
K’Andre Miller — Jalen Chatfield
Alexander Nikishin — Sean Walker
Mike Reilly — Charles Alexis Legault
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi
Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Jaccob Slavin, Shayne Gostisbehere, Felix Unger Sorum, Pyotr Kochetkov
Injured: None
Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom — Bo Horvat — Victor Eklund
Calum Ritchie — Mathew Barzal — Brayden Schenn
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Emil Heineman
Ondrej Palat — Casey Cizikas — Liam Foudy
Adam Pelech – Matthew Schaefer
Carson Soucy — Tony DeAngelo
Isaiah Goerge — Scott Mayfield
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Marc Gatcomb
Injured: Ryan Pulock (undisclosed), Maxim Shabanov (upper body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 shootout loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. … Eklund and Foudy each was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Tuesday; Eklund will make his NHL debut. … Pulock, a defenseman, did not take part in the Islanders morning skate. … Goalie Semyon Varlamov, who has not played this season because of a knee injury, was loaned to Bridgeport on a conditioning stint.
