GDT: Islanders @ Red Wings. 7 p.m.

[Pop Zeus]

ISLANDERS (29-24-15) at RED WINGS (35-28-6)
7 pm ET; BSDET, MSGSN2, TVAS-D
Islanders projected lineup
Brock Nelson -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee-- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Mathew Barzal
Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas – Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Noah Dobson
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Sebastian Aho
Injured: Scott Mayfield (lower body)

Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Joe Veleno -- Patrick Kane
David Perron -- J.T. Compher -- Lucas Raymond
Michael Rasmussen -- Andrew Copp -- Christian Fischer
Robby Fabbri -- Jonatan Berggren-- Daniel Sprong
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson -- Jeff Petry
Olli Maatta -- Shayne Gostisbehere
James Reimer
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Justin Holl, Alex Czarnik
Injured: Ville Husso (lower body), Dylan Larkin (lower body), Jake Walman (lower body)
Status report
Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said Larkin is "very close" to playing. He has missed the past eight games. … Bortuzzo will return after missing 31 games with a lower-body injury. He will replace Aho in the lineup



Islanders climbed all the way back and have been sucking back shit sandwiches.
They're 0-4-1 in their last five with losses to Buffalo and Ottawa.
Barzal is 0-1-1 -8 in that stretch.

To me, Barzal is key here.
Way too soft.

[Machine]

Let’s go Red Wings
Show up on time tonight

[RatPatrol]

Yuge game!

[Pop Zeus]

If Larkin is even close, what the heck? Isn't it automatic?

[Stevie_Wings]

Larkin back in, Sprong scratched.

[WingFanInA2]

Fischer with a nice break away goal, then Reimer gives up possibly the worst goal of the season

[WingFanInA2]

Copp scores, play setup by Fischer, he’s been really good lately. 2-1 Wings

[WingFanInA2]

Larkin from Cat makes it 3-1, welcome back!

[Zattaman]

Wah... Wah... Wah...

[Stevie_Wings]

Uh oh