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Top Islanders News
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Islanders' Calum Ritchie: Facing 4-6 week absence
Ritchie (lower body) will be out of action for 4-6 weeks, the team announced Monday.
Ritchie is currently mired in a five-game pointless streak during which he has generated four blocks, two shots and two PIM while averaging 10:38 of ice time. With the 21-year-old forward sidelined long-term, he likely will be placed on injured reserve in the coming days to free up a roster spot. For now, Mitchell Chaffee could get an extended run at the NHL level with both Ritchie and Matias Maccelli (lower body) dealing with injuries.
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Islanders' Matias Maccelli: Out 2-4 weeks
Maccelli (lower body) will miss the next 2-4 weeks, the team announced Monday.
Maccelli suffered a lower-body injury in Saturday's 4-1 win over Toronto. He has contributed two goals, six points and 13 shots on net in eight appearances with the Islanders this season.
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Islanders' Matias Maccelli: Set to miss one week
Maccelli (lower body) will not be an option for the Islanders' next three contests, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports Monday.
Maccelli was riding a five-game point streak before he was injured in Saturday's clash with the Maple Leafs. Last season, the 26-year-old winger registered 14 goals and 25 helpers in 71 regular-season games, just missing the 40-point mark. Barring an extended stint on the shelf, Maccelli should be capable of challenging that threshold again in 2026-27.
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Islanders' Calum Ritchie: Won't play this week
Head coach Pete DeBoer said Monday that Ritchie (lower body) won't play this week, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports.
Ritchie sustained a lower-body injury during Saturday's matchup against Toronto, and he's facing a multi-game absence. Matias Maccelli (lower body) has also been ruled out this week, so Kyle MacLean and Mitchell Chaffee will likely have opportunities to step up for the Islanders over the next few games.
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Islanders' Alexander Romanov: Shifts to IR
Romanov (knee) was placed on injured reserve Monday.
Romanov's placement on injured reserve shouldn't come as a surprise, considering the defenseman is not expected back until mid-April at the earliest. With Matias Maccelli (lower body) and Calum Ritchie (lower body) both dealing with injuries, the Isles used the open roster spot from Romanov's IR placement to bring up Mitchell Chaffee.
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Islanders' Mitchell Chaffee: Elevated from minors
Chaffee was recalled from AHL Hamilton on Monday.
Chaffee is off to a strong start in the minors, racking up four goals and two assists through six minor-league games with the Hammers. As such, the 28-year-old winger seems to have earned his promotion to the big club. In a corresponding move, the Isles put Alexander Romanov (knee) on injured reserve.
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Islanders' Malte Gustafsson: Mixed results early in SHL season
Gustafsson has four assists and a minus-8 rating over 10 games with HV71 of the SHL to begin the 2026-27 season.
Notably, Gustafsson has already surpassed his point total from 27 regular-season games in 2025-26 (three assists). That shows growth for the 18-year-old defenseman, who is getting tested in a men's league for the second year in a row. His long-term value will be in his shutdown work, not his offense, which could lead to him being a decent option in banger leagues in a few years.
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Islanders' Ilya Sorokin: Cream always rises to top
Sorokin made 26 saves in a 4-1 victory over the Maple Leafs on Saturday.
Sorokin was strong when he needed to be, and his defense did an outstanding job in keeping lanes open and the Leafs to the outside. He was especially strong in the third when Toronto outshot New York 13-3. Sorokin is 4-2-0 in six starts this season. His .940 save percentage is fourth-best in the NHL, and his 1.68 GAA is fifth. He's long been the third wheel in the discussion of the best Russian goalie in the NHL. But this could be the season Sorokin rises to the top given Igor Shesterkin's (lower body) injury and Andrei Vasilevskiy's sluggish start.
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Islanders' Anthony Duclair: Smart goal in win
Duclair scored a goal in Saturday's 4-1 win over Toronto.
It was a goal scorer's goal. Duclair changed the angle in the slot and caught Sergei Bobrovsky moving his feet as he went back across his body with the shot. Duclair is toiling on the Isles third line, and he has two goals on nine shots in eight games this season. But both Calum Ritchie (lower body) and Matias Maccelli (lower body) left Saturday's game early, and the team may need a guy with Duclair's talent to step up the lineup if either of those forwards is out long.
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Islanders' Simon Holmstrom: Two goals as ice time spikes
Holmstrom scored two goals Saturday in a 4-1 victory over the Maple Leafs.
He fired two shots and finished plus-3, and played Mr. Versatility when two Islanders forwards were lost early to injury. Holmstrom's ice time ballooned to 20:01 from a season average of 16:26. And his first goal came while filling a spot alongside Bo Horvat in the top six. His second was an empty netter, as he was once again trusted to be on the ice late to help preserve the lead. Holmstrom may be a wise waiver pickup if both Calum Ritchie (lower body) and Matias Maccelli (lower body) are out for any length of time. He has delivered at least 41 points in two straight seasons, and he has 39 goals in that span.
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Islanders' Bo Horvat: Mr. Consistency leads way in win
Horvat had a goal and an assist Saturday in a 4-1 victory over Toronto. He also had two hits.
Horvat's rebound goal in the second stood as the winner in a game that saw his ice time spike to 24:21 after two Isles forwards went down with injury. Horvat has been incredibly consistent this season -- he has been held off the scoresheet just once in eight games, and he has delivered five goals, four assists, four power-play points (three PPG), 19 hits and 26 shots in eight games overall. Horvat is producing like he did in Vancouver in 2022-23 before he was traded to the Isles.
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Islanders' Calum Ritchie: Suffers lower-body injury
Ritchie won't return to Saturday's game against Toronto because of a lower-body injury.
Ritchie logged just one shift before exiting the game. He has a goal and two points in eight outings, including Saturday's tilt. Matias Maccelli also sustained a lower-body injury Saturday, so the Islanders might need to call up at least one forward ahead of Tuesday's game against Anaheim.
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Islanders' Matias Maccelli: Departs contest
Maccelli (lower body) won't return to Saturday's game versus the Maple Leafs.
Maccelli appeared to hurt his left leg late in the first period after getting tripped. It's a terrible time for the injury, as Maccelli has worked his way onto the top line and first power-play unit. He has six points over eight outings this season. More information should be available ahead of Tuesday's game versus the Ducks.
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Islanders' Ilya Sorokin: Tending twine Saturday
Sorokin will protect the road goal versus the Maple Leafs on Saturday, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports.
Sorokin has gone 3-2-0 with a 1.81 GAA and a .934 save percentage over five outings this season. He'll continue to handle most of the starts in goal for the Islanders. Toronto has 22 goals over the last five contests, so this could be a challenging matchup even for a goalie as good as Sorokin.
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Islanders' Tomas Poletin: Scores twice in WHL win
Poletin scored twice in WHL Kelowna's 3-2 overtime win over Portland on Friday.
Poletin has earned three goals and three assists across six outings for the Rockets this season. The Czech forward also has 12 shots on net. He's a fourth-round pick of the Islanders from 2025, so it'll be a while before he gets a look in the NHL as he works on a longer developmental track.
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Islanders' Matias Maccelli: Tallies in shootout loss
Maccelli scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 2-1 shootout loss to the Senators.
Maccelli stretched his point streak to five games with the goal. That stretch accounts for all of his offense (two goals, four assists) on the season. The 26-year-old has added 13 shots on net and a plus-3 rating. Maccelli was on the top line and first power-play unit Thursday. With more of a focus on shooting the puck in the early going this year, he could get back into the form that saw him rack up 57 points in 82 games for the Coyotes in 2023-24.
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Islanders' Semyon Varlamov: Tough loss in shootout
Varlamov stopped 18 of 19 shots in regulation and overtime and two of three shootout attempts in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Senators.
It was a strong performance from the veteran netminder, but Ridly Greig tapped home a slick feed from Warren Foegele late in the second period to tie the game at 1-1, and Shane Pinto beat Varlamov glove side in the shootout to keep the punchless Isles out of the win column. In two starts this season Varlamov has a 1.94 GAA and .902 save percentage but just a 0-1-1 record, as he's gotten three total goals of offensive support. After sitting out all of 2025-26 due to knee issues, the 38-year-old has resumed his duties as the No. 2 goalie behind Ilya Sorokin.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| GF AVG | GA AVG | Power Play | |
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2.97 (18th) |
2.10 (3rd) |
16.7 (23rd) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| M. Barzal C Mathew Barzal C | Knee |
| C. Ritchie C Calum Ritchie C | Lower Body |
| M. Maccelli LW Matias Maccelli LW | Lower Body |
| A. Romanov D Alexander Romanov D | Knee |