{"time":1793293472255,"blocks":[{"id":"3qQytgfuys","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The New York Islanders finish off a three-game road trip tonight in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they'll face the Minnesota Wild."}},{"id":"RWHat-3Nmq","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The road trip thus far has yielded an even split, a 6-3 loss to the Dallas Stars and a 4-3 shootout win over the Nashville Predators."}},{"id":"VEa_DR9LjI","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The win in Nashville became New York's first in that building since 2017."}},{"id":"h2TK40U-ms","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Islanders' Head Coach Peter DeBoer made a notable lineup switch for the Nashville game, when he brought Scott Mayfield back into the lineup while scratching Kyle MacLean."}},{"id":"gl2ribZmaJ","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"That meant the Islanders played against Nashville with an 11-forward, 7-defensemen alignment."}},{"id":"iECbfvViif","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Matthew Kessel subsequently only played 5:31 over the course of the game, while Scott Mayfield played 9:06 of the game."}},{"id":"Pc3-15eZfL","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Every other Islanders' defenseman played north of 16 minutes, with Matthew Schaefer playing a career-high 32:16, including all five minutes of overtime."}},{"id":"eObiYERuG-","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"New York's fourth line also felt the effect, with Mitchell Chaffee playing just over 7-and-a-half minutes, while Casey Cizikas barely cracked 10 minutes."}},{"id":"rTXstRdFKB","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"As a result, DeBoer is making a change for tonight's game against the Wild."}},{"id":"af0TWrZ6qC","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Kyle MacLean returns to the lineup after a one-game absence, while Kessel will be healthy scratched. "}},{"id":"1WNbMuZYtV","type":"embed","data":{"service":"twitter","source":"https://x.com/AGrossNewsday/status/2115851010916884692","embed":"https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=2115851010916884692","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"","meta":{"title":"Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) on X","site_name":"X (formerly Twitter)","description":"#Isles Pete DeBoer says he’ll go back to dressing 12/6 tonight. Mayfield and MacLean in and Kessel out. Sorokin starts.","image":{"url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/364012061/n1042077731_9886_400x400.jpg","type":"image/jpeg","width":"400","height":"400"}}}},{"id":"PHZ-wNqHRI","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"That means the Islanders can return to the traditional 12-forward, 6-defensemen alignment."}},{"id":"Re4UF2VgVr","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Ilya Sorokin gets the start in goal after having Tuesday night off."}},{"id":"k279p5PFnF","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Full Islanders Lineup:"}},{"id":"4K1RWkTqt3","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Forwards:"}},{"id":"6eFW-axATY","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Simon Holmstrom - Bo Horvat - Kyle Palmieri"}},{"id":"NL3jSXE2c9","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Emil Heineman - Brayden Schenn - Victor Eklund"}},{"id":"-Wm1-SjKSp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Ondrej Palat - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Anthony Duclair"}},{"id":"AKn9UMukfA","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Kyle MacLean - Casey Cizikas - Mitchell Chaffee"}},{"id":"YMthOEf292","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Defense:"}},{"id":"83qnqoGUmB","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Logan Stanley - Matthew Schaefer"}},{"id":"BDYPZ79Hmz","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock"}},{"id":"XnTH-B_zg-","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Scott Mayfield - Tony DeAngelo"}},{"id":"7WztZuffIb","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Starting Goalie:"}},{"id":"1poYUr-XO7","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Ilya Sorokin"}}],"version":"2.31.6"}

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