Carolina Hurricanes @ New York Islanders: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

What - Game 27 (17-8-1)
When - 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7
Where - UBA Arena; Elmont, NY
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South, MSGSN

The Carolina Hurricanes will take on the New York Islanders (9-11-7) tonight for the first time this season.

The Canes are coming off of a get-right performance against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night where they won 5-3.

The team looked much more like itself again after a three-game losing streak and hopefully that momentum continues on.

The Islanders are coming off of a 5-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken and have lost two in a row.

New York, who has suffered from quite a few key injuries, has struggled with consistent scoring this season.

While they're strong in goal, the team has the league's worst penalty kill (and second worst power play).

Despite that, the Islanders always seem to keep games close and Carolina and them always seem to have some crazy games.

Streaks

• Sebastian Aho (3a) has points in back-to-back games.
  

• Shayne Gostisbehere (2a) has points in back-to-back games.

• Martin Necas (2g, 2a) had consecutive multi-point games.

• Eric Robinson (2g) has scored in consecutive games.

Milestone Watch

• Andrei Svechnikov is two assists away from 200 career assists.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 83-55-9-12 all-time against New York. Last season, the Canes went 2-1-1 against the Isles in the regular season.

• Carolina defeated the Islanders in five games in the first round of the NHL Playoffs last season.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

• Pyotr Kochetkov: 11-3-0; 0.897 Sv%; 2.58 GAA

• Ilya Sorokin: 6-7-4; 0.910 Sv%; 2.62 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Martin Necas (14) / Anders Lee (11)

• Points - Martin Necas (41) / Anders Lee (21)

Power Play

• Carolina - 28.2% (4th)

• New York - 11.8% (31st)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 83.1% (4th)

• New York - 66.7% (32nd)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
William Carrier - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski

Injuries and Scratches: Riley Stillman, Frederik Andersen (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Islanders Projected Lineup

Maxim Tsyplakov - Bo Horvat - Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Anders Lee - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri
Simon Holmstrom - Casey Cizikas - Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin - Kyle MacLean - Hudson Fasching

Alexander Romanov - Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George - Noah Dobson
Dennis Cholowski - Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg

Injuries and Scratches: Grant Hutton, Pierre Engvall, Mathew Barzal (UBI), Anthony Duclair (leg), Adam Pelech (jaw), Mike Reilly (heart), Semyon Varlamov (LBI)