Projected Lineups for the Islanders vs Stars – 10/12/24

The New York Islanders take on the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

ISLANDERS (0-0-1) at STARS (1-0-0)

8 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSGSN2

Islanders projected lineup

Anthony Duclair — Bo Horvat — Mathew Barzal
Maxim Tsyplakov — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Casey Cizikas — Kyle MacLean — Oliver Wahlstrom

Alexander Romanov — Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly — Scott Mayfield

Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Dennis Cholowski

Injured: None

Status report
– The Islanders will dress the same lineup they used in a season-opening 5-4 overtime loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.

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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Sam Steel — Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen — Matt Dumba
Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Brendan Smith

Injured: Mavrik Bourque (undisclosed)

Status report
– Bourque, a forward, could make his season debut when the Stars host the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.
– Oettinger will start Saturday with DeSmith expected to start Sunday.

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