Losing 5-0 in Denver is as good a reason as any to mix up your lines, no?

It sounds like that's what the New York Islanders are doing, with the official twitter account of the team relaying the new combos from practice today:

Nelson - Tavares - Okposo

Grabovski - Nielsen - Kulemin

Conacher - Cizikas - Clutterbuck

Martin/Boulton - Strome - Lee

Coach Jack Capuano had previously said he was reluctant to break up the "middle six" after they had generated several goals over the prior few games, but go scoreless on 40 shots and all bets are off.

One middle line still remains intact -- Mikhail Grabovski, Frans Nielsen and Nikolay Kulemin, who have been a force as a combo. However:

After a third-period experiment in Colorado, the defensive pairings remain unchanged...except a missed key cog looks ready to return:

Leddy - Boychuk

Visnovsky - Hickey

de Haan - Hamonic

Donovan - Strait

If Travis Hamonic is ready in San Jose, the Isles will have their ideal six defensemen for the first time this season, with Matt Donovan and Brian Strait in the pressbox.