ISLANDERS (0-1-1) at AVALANCHE (0-2-0)

9 p.m. ET; MSGSN, ALT, TVAS

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

Ilya Sorokin

Semyon Varlamov

Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Dennis Cholowski

Injured: None

Avalanche projected lineup

Nikolai Kovalenko — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen

Ross Colton — Casey Mittelstadt — Calum Ritchie

Miles Wood — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor

Ivan Ivan — Chris Wagner — Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews — Cale Makar

Samuel Girard — Josh Manson

Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Alexandar Georgiev

Justus Annunen

Scratched: John Ludvig, Oliver Kylington, Kaapo Kahkonen

Injured: Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Status report

Sorokin will make his season debut following offseason back surgery. … The Avalanche held an optional morning skate. … Georgiev will get his third start of the season. He was pulled in each of his first two games.