Islanders at Panthers

ISLANDERS (9-7-6) at PANTHERS (14-7-2)

6 p.m. ET; MSGSN, BSFL

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal

Pierre Engvall -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri

Simon Holmstrom -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom

Julien Gauthier -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck

Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson

Mike Reilly -- Ryan Pulock

Samuel Bolduc -- Scott Mayfield

Semyon Varlamov

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Grant Hutton, Hudson Fasching, Matt Martin

Injured: Adam Pelech (upper body), Sebastian Aho (upper body)

Panthers projected lineup

Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Nick Cousins

Steven Lorentz -- Kevin Stenlund -- Ryan Lomberg

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov

Anthony Stolarz

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: None

Injured: Josh Mahura (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)

Status report

Sorokin could make his third start in four games after Varlamov made 39 saves in a 5-4 overtime win at the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. ... Stolarz and Bobrovsky will alternate starts for the fourth straight game. ... Mahura, a defenseman, could return after the Panthers loaned defenseman Uvis Balinskis to Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... With Gadjovich, a forward, out, Lorentz will enter the lineup.