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SHAREShare with your friendsFacebookTwitterGoogleEmailShare with your FriendsTo:From:Message:Western ConferencePacificCentralEastern ConferenceAtlanticMetropolitanAt the Rink: Blackhawks at IslandersFriday, 10.09.2015 / 1:27 PMBy - NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor / E-mailShare with your FriendsTo:From:Message:2015-16 At the Rink blogAt the Rink: Blackhawks at IslandersNEW YORK -- Three years after they announced they were leaving Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the are set to play their first regular-season game at Barclays Center. It's starting to feel real, Islanders forward said hours before the season opener Friday against the (7:30 p.m. ET, NHLN, CSN-CH, MSG+). I think once we get out there tonight, it will be home now. Obviously, we haven't played a regular-season game here yet, so there's some unknowns about what it's going to be like. But I think it's going to be a great experience and we're just looking for a great crowd with a lot of energy. Hopefully we get the win. The Islanders will have to find a way to win without their starting goaltender; is day-to-day because of an upper-body injury. , who signed a two-year contract with New York on July 1, gets the opening-night start. He was 9-6-3 with a 2.59 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage in 20 games for the last season. You always see what's going on and you always prepare anyway no matter what happens, Greiss said. It doesn't really affect me too much. You've always got to be ready and be sharp. Chicago will play its second game of the season after a 3-2 loss to the at United Center on Wednesday. Blackhawks coach , who played 803 NHL games from 1978-1991, admitted it will be strange to play a road game against the Islanders in a building other than Nassau Coliseum http://www.nyyankeespark.com/paul-o-neill-jersey. Definitely different, Quenneville said. The building is a pretty sharp building. Good to get out there and get a feel of the boards, all new. Feels good. I'm sure it will be exciting for both teams. But it'll be fun to break in a new building for sure. Blackhawks forward Viktor Tikhonov will play his first NHL game since the 2008-09 season, when he played 61 games for the . Tikhonov, who will replace , spent the past six seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. It feels like the first time again, Tikhonov said. Obviously it wasn't too long ago, but still being away for a few years, you want to make a good impression. I'm just excited to see what happens here. Chicago defenseman is making his NHL debut. The 6-foot-8 defenseman Masahiro Tanaka Jersey, who spent the past two seasons with Rockford in the American Hockey League, replaces .Here are the projected lineups:BLACKHAWKS - - - - - - - - - - - Scratched: , , Injured: (ankle)ISLANDERS - - - - - - - - - - - Scratched: , Injured: (upper body), (upper body)Status report: Quenneville said his two lineup changes aren't a reflection of how Baun and Rundblad performed Wednesday. I thought [Baun's] game was alright, the coach said. We want to get everybody in here right off the bat, give everybody an opportunity. We don't mind changing if we don't like the outcome or the way things are going. Greiss and defenseman are the only two players in the Islanders lineup who didn't play for New York last season. Zidlicky, 38, signed a one-year contract on Sept. 18.---It's a huge milestone. I have to thank my teammates. It's hard to do by yourself in this league. It's a special moment for me and this team. Now we just have to keep going http://www.nyyankeespark.com/don-larsen-jersey. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin on reaching the 900-point mark with a goal on TuesdayTONIGHT ON NHL NETWORK
