Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Islanders - 2/23/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

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

STARS (36-18-2) at ISLANDERS (25-23-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSGSN

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Wyatt Johnston
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Mavrik Bourque — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell — Logan Stankoven

Thomas Harley — Esa Lindell
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba
Brendan Smith — Cody Ceci

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Kyle McDonald, Christian Kyrou

Injured: Ilya Lyubushkin (undisclosed), Miro Heiskanen (knee), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report

The Stars did not hold a morning skate after a 4-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

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Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Anthony Duclair
Maxim Tsyplakov — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Casey Cizikas — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Scott Perunovich — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech – Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
Jakub Skarek

Scratched: Matt Martin, Adam Boqvist, Hudson Fasching

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Noah Dobson (lower body), Marcus Hogberg (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery)

Status report

The Islanders held an optional morning skate. … Pulock (upper body) and Mayfield (lower body) will return after being activated from injured reserve Saturday; Boqvist, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch. … Nelson, who did not take practice Saturday, will be in the lineup after playing for the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off.