Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders projected lineups, NHL starting goalies for today, 8th February 2024

Tampa Bay Lightning are 27-19-5 and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They will play the New York Islanders (21-17-12, ninth) in a conference matchup on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The Islanders are coming off a hard-fought 3-2 road victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Lightning suffered a 3-1 road defeat on Wednesday in their last outing against the New York Rangers.

Tampa Bay Lightning projected lineups

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

• Nick Paul- Brayden Point- Nikita Kucherov
• Steven Stamkos- Anthony Cirelli- Brandon Hagel
• Michael Eyssimont- Tyler Motte- Conor Sheary
• Alex Barré-Boulet- Luke Glendening- Mitchell Chaffee

Defenseman

• Victor Hedman- Darren Raddysh
• Mikhail Sergachev- Erik Cernak
• Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg- Nick Perbix

Goalies

• Jonas Johansson
• Andrei Vasilevskiy

Tampa Bay Lightning starting goalie

Tampa Bay Lightning- Andrei Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to start for the Lightning. Here are his stats for the season:

• Games Played (GP): 27
• Games Started (GS): 27
• Wins: 16
• Losses (L): 11
• Overtime Losses (OTL): 0
• Goals Against (GA): 75
• Goals Against Average (GA/G): 2.82
• Shots Against (SA): 745
• Saves (SV): 670
• Save Percentage (SV%): .899
• Shutouts (SO): 1
• Time on Ice per Game (TOI/G): 59 minutes

New York Islanders projected lineups

New York Islanders

Forwards

• Anders Lee - Bo Horvat - Mathew Barzal
• Pierre Engvall - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri
• Simon Holmstrom - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Oliver Wahlstrom
• Matt Martin - Kyle MacLean - Cal Clutterbuck

Defenceman

• Alexander Romanov - Noah Dobson
• Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock
• Mike Reilly - Scott Mayfield

Goalie

• Ilya Sorokin
• Semyon Varlamov

The New York Islanders Starting goalie

New York Islanders- Ilya Sorokin

Ilya Sorokin is expected to start for the Islanders. Here are his stats for the season:

• Games Played (GP): 36
• Games Started (GS): 35
• Wins: 15
• Losses (L): 12
• Overtime Losses (OTL): 9
• Goals Against (GA): 111
• Goals Against Average (GA/G): 3.14
• Shots Against (SA): 1239
• Saves (SV): 1128
• Save Percentage (SV%): .910
• Shutouts (SO): 2
• Time on Ice per Game (TOI/G): 59 minutes