ISLANDERS (31-21-5) at DEVILS (28-26-2)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN2, MSGSN
Islanders projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Bo Horvat – Mathew Barzal
Emil Heineman — Calum Ritchie — Jonathan Drouin
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier — Cody Glass — Connor Brown
Arseny Gritsyuk — Nico Hischier — Lenni Hameenaho
Jesper Bratt — Paul Cotter — Dawson Mercer
Evgenii Dadonov — Nick Bjugstad — Maxim Tsyplakov
Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic
Brett Pesce — Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Colton White, Marc McLaughlin, Luke Glendening
Injured: Luke Hughes (shoulder), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Stefan Noesen (knee), Jack Hughes (lower body)
Status report
Ritchie will return to the lineup after missing the past six games with a lower-body injury. … Bjugstad, acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday, will make his Devils debut. … Jack Hughes, who did skate on his own on Thursday, will miss his third straight game. … Forward Juho Lammikko was placed on waivers Thursday for the purpose of terminating his contract.
