Preview: New York Islanders vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (3-1-0) vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (1-3-2)

The Essentials

October 20, 2011 - 7:30 PM

St. Pete Times Forum - St. Petersburg, Florida

TV: MSG+ (NYI), SUN (TB)

The Season Series

10/13 vs. Tampa Bay - 5-1 NYI

10/20 at Tampa Bay

12/6 vs. Tampa Bay

3/24 at Tampa Bay

The Goalies

TB: 32 - Mathieu Garon (Back-Up: Dwayne Roloson)

NYI: 35 - Al Montoya (Back-Up: Evgeni Nabokov)

The Scratches

TB: 22 - Ryan Shannon (Healthy), 7  - Michel Ouellet (Healthy), 21 - Mattias Ritola (Healthy), 27 - Bruno Gervais (Healthy), 50 - Richard Petiot (Healthy)

NYI: 25 - Nino Niederreiter (IR), 8 - Ryan Strome (Healthy), 27 - Milan Jurcina (DTD), 39 - Rick DiPietro (DTD), 57- Blake Comeau (Healthy)

The Line-Ups

New York Islanders

26 Matt Moulson - 91 John Tavares - 15 P.A. Parenteau

40 Michael Grabner - 51 Frans Nielsen - 21 Kyle Okposo

11 Brian Rolston - 12 Josh Bailey - 17 Matt Martin
14 Trevor Gillies - 16 Marty Reasoner - 29 Jay Pandolfo

2 Mark Streit - 24 Steve Staios

47 Andrew MacDonald - 3 Travis Hamonic

4 Mark Eaton - 10 Mike Mottau

Tampa Bay Lightning

9 Steve Downie - 91 Steven Stamkos - 26 Marty St. Louis

12 Ryan Malone - 4 Vinny Lecavalier - 16 Teddy Purcell

11 Tom Pyatt - 19 Dominic Moore - 14 Brett Connolly

49 Blair Jones - 44 Nate Thompson - 18 Adam Hall

77 Victor Hedman - 2 Eric Brewer

47 Marc-Andre Bergeron - 13 Pavel Kubina

7 Brett Clark - 97 Matt Gilroy

Let's Go Islanders.