It's game day (x 2)!

The NHL pre-season began on Sunday and on Monday it's the Islanders' turn as they head to St. John's Newfoundland to play Ottawa in a split-team double-header.

There's no Isles radio and no TV of the contests but Ottawa's TSN 1200 will carry both games.

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The first game at Mile One Center  is 1:30 ET (3:00 local time); the second game is at 6:00 ET (7:30 local time).

The Isles rosters for the two games (from islanders.nhl.com):

Afternoon Roster

Goaltenders:
30 - Chad Johnson
35 - David Leggio
Defensemen:
3 - Travis Hamonic
6 - Ryan Pulock
8 - Griffin Reinhart24 - Kevin Czuczman42 - Scott Mayfield
44 - Calvin de Haan
Forwards:
13 - Colin McDonald
16 - Harry Zolnierczyk
18 - Ryan Strome
20 - Jack Skille
27 - Anders Lee
29 - Brock Nelson
36 - Eric Boulton
48 - Kael Mouillierat
49 - Sebastian Collberg
53 - Casey Cizikas
66 - Joshua Ho-Sang
71 - Michael Dal Colle

Evening Roster
Goaltenders:41 - Jaroslav Halak60 - Kevin Poulin
Defense:4 - TJ Brennan
7 - Matt Carkner 
11 - Lubomir Visnovsky14 - Thomas Hickey37 - Brian Strait46 - Matt Donovan

Forwards:12 - Josh Bailey
15 - Cal Clutterbuck
21 - Kyle Okposo
28 - Johan Sundstrom
40 - Michael Grabner
51 - Frans Nielsen
56 - John Persson
59 - Brett Gallant
84 - Mikhail Grabovski
86 - Nikolay Kulemin
89 - Cory Conacher
91 - John Tavares

The Isles will return to New York after the games; the only Coliseum pre-season game is on Wednesday vs. Carolina (WRHU 88.7FM & Islanders TV(webcast).

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