Raleigh, NC -- There was only one question mark regarding the New York Islanders' Game 1 lineup against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Would centerman Jean-Gabriel Pageau play?

"He's still day to day with a lower-body injury. We will know after warm-ups. He will be a game-time decision," Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said on Saturday morning. 

Pageau suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of their 5-4 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in their regular-season finale game, which meant absolutely nothing. 

It was a bad blow, one that the Islanders and their fans hoped was something minor. 

But, when warmups came and went, Pageau was absent.