Overview
- Calum Ritchie and Matias Maccelli exited in the first period of Saturday’s road win in Toronto and the Islanders announced Ritchie will miss four to six weeks while Maccelli will miss two to four weeks.
- The club made an emergency recall for Mitchell Chaffee, placed Alexandre Romanov on injured reserve to clear a roster spot, and added Kyle MacLean into the active lineup.
- Coach Pete DeBoer shifted roles at practice with Simon Holmström moved onto the first power-play unit and Ondřej Palát and Emil Heineman taking larger offensive minutes.
- DeBoer said Mathew Barzal’s recovery program will not be expedited and there is still no timetable for his return to team activities.
- The absences remove two key scoring options early in DeBoer’s first full season and will test the Islanders’ depth, power play and short-term ability to sustain results while internal options cover minutes.