For the third time in their last six games, the New York Islanders will face the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here’s the pre-game report.
According to NHL.com’s Brian Compton, the projected lineups are:
NEW YORK
Anders Lee - Mathew Barzal - Jordan Eberle Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson - Derick Brassard Josh Bailey - Otto Koivula - Michael Dal Colle Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Cal Clutterbuck Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock Devon Toews - Scott Mayfield Nick Leddy - Johnny Boychuk Thomas Greiss Semyon Varlamov
PITTSBURGH
Jake Guentzel - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust Dominik Kahun - Jared McCann - Brandon Tanev Alex Galchenyuk - Joseph Blandisi - Patric Hornqvist No fourth line listed Brian Dumoulin - John Marino Marcus Pettersson - Chad Ruhwedel Jack Johnson - Juuso Riikola Matt Murray Tristan Jarry Matt Martin will return to the lineup tonight, reuniting the fourth line with Casey Cizikas and Cal Clutterbuck. Can’t say I agree with the decision to put them back together and I don’t know that Josh Bailey, Otto Koivula and Michael Dal Colle is going to work very well. But you certainly can’t argue with a 15-game point streak, so what do I know? Leo Komarov and Noah Dobson are the two key scratches here and I’d like to think Komarov and Martin are battling for the last forward spot. Thomas Greiss and Matt Murray are expected to start in net.
It should be a good one tonight. The last two games have gone to overtime and there’s no reason to believe this one won’t be equally as exciting.
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