NEW YORK — The season is just two games old Toronto Maple Leafs Hoodies Authentic , but it has already been a transitional one for the New York Islanders and their new head coach, Barry Trotz. The adaptation process will continue Monday afternoon, when Robin Lehner makes his first start for the Islanders in a Columbus Day matinee against the San Jose Sharks at Barclays Center.It will be the third game of the season for both teams. The Islanders dropped their home opener Saturday, when they fell to the Nashville Predators, 4-3. Article continues below ...The Sharks last played Friday, when they earned a 3-2 overtime win over the host Los Angeles Kings.The narrow defeat for the Islanders on Saturday left Trotz — who coached the Washington Capitals to the team’s first Stanley Cup last spring — in the unfamiliar position of trying to find positives in a loss. New York, which allowed the most goals in the NHL last season (296) and lost star John Tavares to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in July, followed up a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday by keeping the Western Conference powerhouse Predators off the scoreboard in the third period.“I thought we had some pretty good stretches,” Trotz told reporters afterward. “Our overall game Toronto Maple Leafs Hats Authentic , I thought we were pretty good. I thought we handled their speed well. I thought we managed the puck a lot better than we did in Carolina.”The Sharks also felt good about themselves following the adjustments they made against the Kings, whom they limited to one goal over the final two periods and overtime while getting their first win when New York native Kevin Labanc scored 2:54 into the extra period.“I thought the third period we really pressed, and I thought we were the better team in the third,” said Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer, whose squad outshot the Kings 12-5 in the third period and overtime. “The guys played as if we needed to win this game and we found a way to do it.”Trotz said following practice Sunday that Lehner, who signed with the Islanders in July following three seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, would draw the start Monday. It will be the first regular season game for Lehner since he entered alcohol rehab and began receiving treatment for bipolar disorder last spring.“I feel I’m ready to play,” Lehner told reporters Sunday. “There are still a few things we’re working on. We’re changing a few things I’ve been doing my whole life. That’s not an overnight thing.”Lehner is 0-4-0 in four career appearances against the Sharks.Martin Jones is likely to draw his third straight start for the Sharks. Jones is 1-0-0 in two career games against the Islanders.The Sharks will be without veteran center Joe Thornton, who was placed on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury Sunday. To replace Thornton on the active roster Custom Toronto Maple Leafs Jerseys , San Jose recalled center Dylan Gambrell from its AHL affiliate.The Islanders will be hosting a Western Conference foe on Columbus Day afternoon for the third time in four seasons since moving to Barclays Center. New York suffered a 3-2 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues last season and beat the Winnipeg Jets, 4-2, in 2015. The Anaheim Ducks are celebrating their 25th anniversary this season, but it’s been even longer since the Detroit Red Wings went winless in their first three games.The Ducks will have a chance to keep Detroit without a victory when they host the Red Wings in their home opener Monday night at Honda Center.Detroit (0-1-1) hasn’t gone without a win through its first three games since the 1991-92 season. The Red Wings regrouped to post the top record in the Campbell Conference that year.Article continues below ...The Ducks will try to start 3-0-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season, which culminated with their only Stanley Cup title.Both teams are dealing with injuries to some of their most veteran players.Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf left in the third period of a 1-0 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night because of a lower-body injury and his status for Monday’s game was unknown as of Sunday afternoon.He joins a long list of injured veteran forwards for the Ducks. Corey Perry had knee surgery late last month and is out for five months. Ryan Kesler and Patrick Eaves have not returned to action as they recover from surgeries, and Ondrej Kase is sidelined indefinitely with a concussion.Anaheim has been forced to insert four rookie forwards into the lineup, but they are holding their own so far.Max Comtois scored in both wins, becoming the first Anaheim rookie to score in his first two games to start a season.“He’s definitely brought a lot of energy,” said Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler www.officialcanucks.com , who assisted on Comtois’ goal on Saturday night. “All of our young players have been expected to make a big impact on our team early and I think they’ve done a great job of that.”Adam Henrique filled Getzlaf’s spot as the top line center during practice Sunday with Rickard Rakell and rookie Troy Terry on his wings.Another rookie, Sam Steel, centered the second line with Comtois and Jakob Silfverberg on his wings.The Red Wings will be without veteran defensemen Jonathan Ericsson and Niklas Kronwall, both of whom are nursing upper-body injuries that have delayed the start of their seasons.Detroit also lost defenseman Trevor Daley to an upper body injury in the first period in a 4-2 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night and he will miss Monday’s game. The Red Wings played the remainder of the game with five defensemen, including three rookies.“All we can do is focus on making sure that we’re getting better here, and I thought again there was a lot of things we did good,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “We’ve got to make sure we repeat a lot of that performance tomorrow night and find a way to score a bit more.”Kronwall, 37, was second on the team in scoring among defenseman last season with 27 points (four goals Vancouver Canucks T-Shirts Authentic , 23 assists). He’s in his 14th season with Detroit.Ericsson, 34, is in his 11th season with the Red Wings.Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard is expected to start after former Anaheim goalie Jonathan Bernier played against the Kings on Sunday.Howard is 10-6-2 in his career against the Ducks with a .925 save percentage and 2.28 goals-against average. He has three shutouts against Anaheim, which matches the most against any team.Ducks goalie John Gibson is off to a hot start with two goals allowed in the first two games. He’s 4-3-0 in his career against the Red Wings with a .917 save percentage and 2.20 GAA