Islanders Game 2: Varlamov Starts; Lines, Notes & How to Watch

The New York Islanders take on the Dallas Stars at 8 o’clock in the American Airlines Center. The Islanders kick off their first road trip of the year with a three-game tour of the Central Division, first with the Stars tonight. Then, they’ll head to Denver to play the Colorado Avalanche on Monday before concluding the trip on Thursday in St. Louis for a game with the Blues.

The Islanders enter tonight 0-0-1. They opened their season with a game against another Central opponent, the Utah Hockey Club. Utah came out on top, coming from behind twice in the third period and eventually winning in overtime in UBS Arena.

Dallas enters 1-0-0 after a 4-3 road victory over the Nashville Predators. The Stars were outshot 36-20 in the game, but a pair of goals from Mason Marchment in the second period built the lead to 4-1. Nashville pushed hard in the third but ultimately came up short.

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

Semyon Varlamov (Ilya Sorokin)

Stars Projected Lines:

Forwards

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven

Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov

Sam Steel — Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell

Defense

Miro Heiskanen — Matt Dumba

Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin

Goalies

Jake Oettinger (Casey DeSmith

Special Teams

Islanders Power Play: 16.7% (1/6), 21st. Islanders Penalty Kill: 0% (0/2) 32nd

Stars Power Play: 25% (1/4), 13th. Stars Penalty Kill: 83.3% (5/6), 14th

How to Watch

TV- MSGSN2, New York, Victory+ Dallas, ESPN+ Out of Market

Radio- 88.7 WRHU New York,