Islanders Game 3: Sorokin’s First; Lines, Notes & How to Watch

The New York Islanders’ road trip continues tonight as they take on the Colorado Avalanche at 9 o’clock inside Ball Arena.

The Islanders enter 0-1-1 after being shutout by Dallas on Saturday night. In that game, they took marginal strides but ultimately failed to score a goal. As for Colorado, they enter 0-2-0 with losses to the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Vegas Golden Knights. In both of those games, the Avalanche had to pull starting goaltender Alexander Georgiev.

It’s also the first time Islanders Head Coach Patrick Roy will be in Colorado since he resigned from his post as coach of the Avalanche in 2016. After the morning skate, Roy met with the media and expressed regret about how he left and how it all shook out.

The Avalanche will also be dressing not one, not two, but three former Islanders players tonight (Devon Toews, Calvin de Haan, and Chris Wagner).

Islanders Projected Lines:

Forwards

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

Defense

Alexander Romanov – Noah Dobson

Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock

Mike Reilly – Scott Mayfield

Goalies

Ilya Sorokin (Semyon Varlamov)

Avalanche Projected Lines:

Forwards

Nikolai Kovalenko – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen

Ross Colton – Casey Mittelstadt – Calum Ritchie

Miles Wood – Parker Kelly – Logan O’Connor

Ivan Ivan – Chris Wagner – Joel Kivirant

Defense

Devon Toews – Cale Makar

Samuel Girard – Josh Manson

Calvin de Haan – Sam Malinski

Goalies

Alexandar Georgiev (Justus Annunen)

Special Teams:

Islanders Power Play: 14.3%, t-19th Islanders Penalty Kill: 50%, t-30th

Avalanche Power Play: 42.9%, t-1st Avalanche Penalty Kill: 50% t-30th

How to Watch:

TV: NY- MSGSN COL- Altitude TV Out of Market- ESPN+

Radio: New York- 88.7 WRHU Colorado- 92.5 Altitude Radio