The Islanders return to the ice tonight to take on the Florida Panthers in Sunrise Florida. The Isles are looking to make it a season high 5 wins in a row as they face a Panthers team that is having major issues scoring goals. With that being said, Florida did score four goals against San Jose as they defeated the Sharks 4-1 earlier in the week.
Jaroslav Halak returns between the pipes tonight as he is hoping to build off two straight shutouts. Josh Bailey returns to the lineup as he takes the place of Cory Conacher who will be a healthy scratch. Eric Boulton was place on Injured Reserves which means no roster move was needed to be made with Bailey returning to the team.
Here are the projected lines for tonights game and I will have more on this matchup and tomorrow night's game in Tampa on Saturday. As always for more on all things hockey please follow me on twitter at @DanDanNoodles78.
Kulemin-Tavares-Okposo Nelson-Strome-Lee Bailey-Nielsen-Grabvoski Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Leddy-Boychuk de Haan-Hamonic Visnovsky-Hickey
Halak-Johnson