Morning Skate Updates: Islanders vs Senators

The New York Islanders take on the Ottawa Senators tonight at Barclays Center at 7 p.m. Tune into MSG+, MSG GO or follow live on the Islanders site. Listen to the game on 88.7FM, 103.9FM, or AM970. Click here for the game preview. Check the game notes.
Note: There is a travel advisory for tonight's game for fans travelling on the LIRR.
Normal LIRR expanded service still applies for tonight's Isles game. Regularly scheduled train service (excluding our normal expanded post game service) will be suspended after 10PM.

LINEUP NOTES:
Thomas Greiss will start in goal. Dennis Seidenberg and Ryan Pulock draw into the lineup for Thomas Hickey and Scott Mayfield.
Greiss is riding a personal five-game winning streak, most recently making 26 saves in a 5-4 OT win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. Greiss is 8-2-2 this season, but had backed up Jaroslav Halak for the past two games.
"Tommy has a good streak going on," head coach Doug Weight said. "You definitely think of not just streak, but how they're playing, where the games are, the calendar and all that comes into it. Right now, they both stepped their game up."
ISLANDERS PROJECTED LINES:
CIZIKAS OUT:
Casey Cizikas will miss his second straight game with a lower-body injury. Cizikas did not practice with the team this week, but skated before the optional morning skate.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SCORING FIRST:
Per Eric Hornick's The Skinny:
The Isles scored the first goal for the 10th time in 24 games (10-0-0) and also remain perfect in games they lead after one period (9-0-0) and after two periods (11-0-0).
WE MEET AGAIN:
The Islanders and Senators meet for the second time in a week. The Islanders beat the Senators 2-1 in Ottawa on Saturday and are 4-2-0 in their last six games against the Sens. A win tonight would be the Isles third in a row vs Ottawa.
Instagram from @ny\_islanders: #Isles �� Sens lineup: Greiss in goal, same forwards, Pulock and Seidenberg in for Mayfield and Hickey.
ANDERSON IN NET:
Craig Anderson started last week's Isles-Sens matchup, stopping 22-of-24 shots in what was a closely, contested defensive game. Anderson is 7-8-3 this season with a 2.95 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage.
SENATORS PROJECTED LINES:
| FORWARDS | | --- | | LEFT WING | CENTER | RIGHT WING | | MIKE HOFFMAN | MATT DUCHENE | MARK STONE | | ZACK SMITH | DERICK BRASSARD | BOBBY RYAN | | RYAN DZINGEL | JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU | TOM PYATT | | GABRIEL DUMONT | NATE THOMPSON | ALEX BURROWS |

| DEFENSE | | --- | | JOHNNY ODUYA | ERIK KARLSSON | | DION PHANEUF | CODY CECI | | THOMAS CHABOT | FREDRIK CLAESSON |