After two off days, the New York Islanders were back on the practice sheet Monday.
EAST MEADOW, NY -- the New York Islanders were back on the practice sheet Monday after two off days.
Hudson Fasching and Pierre Engvall were back on the ice after missing a few days with undisclosed injuries. Both were full participants at practice and are expected to be completely healthy for opening night.
Cal Clutterbuck did not skate as he was under the weather.
Here were the lines:
Forwards
Simon Holmstrom-Bo Horvat-Mat Barzal
Pierre Engvall-Brock Nelson-Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee-Jean-Gabriel Pageau-Hudson Fasching/Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin-Casey Cizikas-Ross Johnston/Julien Gauthier
Defense
Adam Pelech-Noah Dobson
Alex Romanov-Ryan Pulock
Sebastian Aho/Samuel Bolduc-Scott Mayfield
Goalies
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
The Islanders' power play were as followed:
PP1: Palmieri-Horvat-Barzal-Nelson-Dobson
PP2: Lee-Pageau-Wahlstrom-Engvall-Aho/Bolduc
By Monday at 5 PM ET, the Islanders and the other 31 NHL teams must submit their rosters. As of Monday morning, the Islanders had 24 players rostered, with 23 being the limit.
The Islanders are also $574,958 million over the salary cap, and need to be compliant by Monday’s deadline.
However, to get roster-compliant, the Islanders must send Simon Holmstrom (waiver-exempt) down to Bridgeport for now.
That would also solve their cap issue, as Holmstrom is making $863,333 at the NHL level.
The Islanders could have waived Ross Johnston and his $1.1 million, but the deadline for that to occur to count for Monday's deadline was Sunday, given the 24-hour timeframe.
The Islanders could waive Johnston later in the week, so keep an eye on that.
So expect Holmstrom to be "sent down" at some point following practice.
You can listen to Rosner talk Islanders hockey on Hockey Night in New York with co-host Sean Cuthbert Sunday nights at 8 PM ET during the season.