Horvat has been added to the COVID-19 protocol list and will not play Tuesday.
With Horvat coming out of the lineup, Elias Pettersson will move back to centre and Vasily Podkolzin will move back into the top-6.
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Varlamov is expected to start Tuesday in Philadelphia.
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Sorokin led the Islanders onto the ice for warmups.
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Varlamov led the Islanders onto the ice for warmups.
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Bear will be a healthy scratch on Saturday,
Engvall was activated from the COVID-19 protocol list and is expected to play Saturday.
Engvall missed the last three games while in the COVID-19 protocol list but is set to play Saturday in St. Louis. Engvall will replace Nick Ritchie (COVID-19 protocol) in the bottom-6.
Pageau (personal) will not play on Thursday.
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Sorokin led the Islanders onto the ice for warmups.
Romanov (COVID-19 protocol) will draw back into the Canadiens lineup on Thursday.
The Rangers added Julien Gauthier to the COVID-19 protocol list.
Gauthier will miss Saturday's game in Anaheim and Monday's game in Los Angeles after entering COVID-19 protocol on Friday. Morgan Barron will likely draw into the Rangers lineup to replace him.
The Maple Leafs have added Pierre Engvall to the COVID-19 protocol list.
With both Mitch Marner and Engvall landing on the COVID-19 protocol list, Brett Seney and Kyle Clifford are expected to re-enter the lineup on Saturday. Jason Spezza moved up to the third line to replace Engvall in Friday's practice session.
Palmieri (lower-body) has been cleared to return to practice on Monday.
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Sorokin led the Islanders onto the ice for warmups.
The Canadiens have added Alexander Romanov to the COVID-19 protocol list.
The Canadiens have been completely decimated by injuries and COVID-19 and will likely have to play with 11 forwards and five defensemen on Saturday.
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Varlamov led the Islanders onto the ice for warmups.
Drouin is listed as a scratch Thursday vs. Carolina.
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Rittich led the Predators onto the ice for warmups.
Salo has been activated from COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
Salo, Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Martin and Zach Parise have been activated from COVID-19 protocol and are expected to suit up vs. the Sabres.
Martin has been activated from COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
Martin, Cal Clutterbuck, Zach Parise and Robin Salo have been activated from COVID-19 protocol and are expected to suit up vs. the Sabres.
Clutterbuck has been activated from COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play Thursday.
Clutterbuck, Zach Parise, Matt Martin and Robin Salo have been activated from COVID-19 protocol and are expected to suit up vs. the Sabres.
