With Horvat coming out of the lineup, Elias Pettersson will move back to centre and Vasily Podkolzin will move back into the top-6.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Both Wahlstrom and Anthony Beauvillier were activated and head coach Barry Trotz said it's possible that both will play on Saturday but "one more likely that the other." Monitor Wahlstrom's status as the Islanders hit the ice for warmups at 1:30 PM ET.

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, Cal Clutterbuck, Zach Parise and Robin Salo have been activated from COVID-19 protocol and are expected to suit up vs. the Sabres.

On the day that the Islanders activated players like Mathew Barzal, they also added four forwards to the protocol list, including Wahlstrom. This group is expected to be out until next Wednesday.