Overview
- Faceoff is 6 p.m. ET at UBS Arena in Elmont, with the Islanders 20-13-4 (44 points) and the Rangers 19-16-4 (42).
- The Islanders placed Ilya Sorokin on injured reserve earlier today, so David Rittich starts opposite Rangers netminder Igor Shesterkin.
- Bo Horvat returns from a lower-body injury after five games out; he scored twice in the Islanders’ 5-0 win in the first meeting this season.
- The Rangers arrive off a 7-3 comeback in Washington featuring a five-goal third period and two goals each from Vincent Trocheck and Taylor Raddysh.
- Rangers defenseman Adam Fox remains on long-term injured reserve but skated in a no-contact jersey, and the Islanders ended a three-game slide Tuesday on Adam Pelech’s late winner.