EAST MEADOW, NY -- New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov has missed 13 games this season across three different stretches due to upper-body injuries. The Islanders have gone 4-7-2 without No. 28 in the lineup and will need him to stay healthy with his defense partner, Noah Dobson, out week-to-week with a lower-body injury:

Romanov leads the Islanders with 75 hits, 6.43 hits per 60, while also leading in blocks per 60, with 6.26, while averaging the third-most minutes at 21:51 per game. With Noah Dobson now out due to injury and with no timetable for his return, Romanov will be heavily relied upon to carry out some of the workload.

On Monday, the New York Islanders reaffirmed that defenseman Alexander Romanov is listed as day-to-day, confirming he is suffering from an upper-body injury. Romanov was absent from the team’s ...

Pageau is back in the lineup after missing Tuesday's game, while Holmstrom and Romanov are considered day to day

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He has impressed everyone, coach Patrick Roy included, over a run of three starts in four games, over which he’s allowed just three total goals.

New York Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The Islanders say there is no timeline for a return. Dobson left Monday’s 3-1 win versus the Columbus Blue Jackets after suffering an apparent leg injury in a collision with Blue Jackets forward Cole Sillinger.

This was the Islanders' second shutout this season. The other occurred Nov. 30, same day as the Golden Knights were last blanked. This also was Sorokin's second shutout this season and 20th of his career. Lee became the 10th player in franchise history to reach 800 games and the first to score a goal while hitting that milestone.

It was almost exactly a year ago that undrafted Kyle MacLean excelled in what was meant to be a temporary call-up and earned a permanent spot on the Islanders’ fourth line. It’s still too early to say whether another undrafted player, Marc Gatcomb, is on the same path. But three games into his NHL career, he’s making a good impression.

With Brent Sutter in the house for his Isles Hall of Fame induction, the New York Islanders took care of business on Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks at UBS Arena. It was an important response for the Islanders,

- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.

The New York Islanders returned for practice one day after beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Monday night. During the game, Noah Dobson took a nasty-looking fall after a hit by Justin Danforth and did not return.