Stefen Rosner on Morning Cuppa Hockey Talking Islanders Defenseman Alexander Romanov [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/alexander-romanov-new-york-islanders-new-jersey-devils-jack-hughes-kurtis-macdermid-bo-horvat-anders-lee-patrick-roy] is likely to miss his third straight game with an upper-body injury when the New York Islanders [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/] battle the Columbus Blue Jackets [https://www.google.com/search?q=columbus+blue+jackets+the+hockey+news&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS979US979&oq=columbus+blue+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg7Mg0IARAuGIMBGLEDGIAEMgYIAhBFGDkyDQgDEAAYgwEYsQMYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg80gEIMTc4N2owajSoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8] on Wednesday night. The 24-year-old, who missed their 6-3 loss to the Florida Panthers and their 3-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Dennis Cholowski, who has filled in for Romanov, playing on the third defense pairing with Scott Mayfield, played 11:18 against Florida but only 7:01 against Anaheim. Mike Reilly skated with Romanov's usual partner, Noah Dobson. Romanov's injury stems from their 4-3 overtime win against the New Jersey Devils last Friday after he got lit up by forward Kurtis MacDermid: We were told that he is not dealing with a concussion and that he hasn't suffered any type of setback. The Islanders are 0-2-0 without him in the lineup.
