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Islanders Game 10: Sink or Swim in Columbus; Lineups & How to Watch

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The New York Islanders (3-4-20 head out for a three-game road trip in Columbus tonight at 7. The Columbus Blue Jackets (4-3-1) enter after eviscerating the Edmonton Oilers 6-1 on Monday night.



The Islanders come in after losing 3-1 to the Anaheim Ducks yesterday evening. They’ve also lost four of their last five games and are sinking close to the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

Head Coach Patrick Roy has desperately changed every line as he tries to get any offense from the Islanders. In the past 100 minutes of hockey, the Islanders have scored once, and it took a 5-on-3 to score.

Pierre Engvall is scratched again, just two games after returning. It’s safe to say his future here is in serious doubt. Oliver Wahlstrom receives another scratch as the team continues to try out different combinations that do not feature the winger.

Mat Barzal and Bo Horvat have been separated for the first time this season, all while Maxim Tsyplakov gets bumped up to skate alongside Horvat and Simon Holmstrom.

It’s a new mix, and the season is growing later by the day. This is game number 10, and the Islanders have just three wins in the first nine. Dropped points, inconsistent scoring, bad special teams—it’s all played a role. Tonight, the Islanders hope to put the bad start behind them.

Islanders Lineup:

Forwards

Maxim Tsyplakov – Bo Horvat – Simon Holmstrom

Mat Barzal – Brock Nelson – Kyle Palmieri

Anders Lee – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Hudson Fasching

Matt Martin – Kyle MacLean – Casey Cizikas

Scratched: Oliver Wahlstrom, Pierre Engvall

Defense

Mike Reilly – Noah Dobson

Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock

Dennis Cholowski – Scott Mayfield

Injured: Alexander Romanov

Goalies

Semyon Varlamov (Ilya Sorokin)

Blue Jackets Lineup

Forwards

Yegor Chinakov – Sean Monahan – Kirill Marchenko

Cole Sillinger – Adam Fantilli – Mikael Pyyhtia

Zach Aston-Reese – Justin Danforth – Mathieu Olivier

James van Riemsdyk – Sean Kuraly – Kevin Labanc

Defense

Zach Werenski – Ivan Provorov

Jake Christiansen – Damon Severson

Jack Johnson – Jordan Harris

Goalies

Elvis Merzlikins (Daniil Tarasov)

How to Watch

TV: MSGSN, Out-of-Market ESPN+

Radio: 88.7 WRHU FM

 

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