With Rittich skating out and Ilya Sorokin watching from the sidelines, Casey Cizikas tried his hand in goal, albeit without pads, and gave it a valiant effort. Patrick Roy has preached playing with joy this season for the Islanders, and there was plenty of that on the pond on Sunday.

First off, the trio of Jonathan Drouin, Emil Heineman and Max Shabanov owe Mathew Barzal a nice dinner Sunday night in Philadelphia.

Bo Horvat has missed nine games with a lower-body injury; NHL insider says they are moving AHL team to Hamilton, Ontario.

The 22-year-old goaltender leads the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with a 1.67 GAA and a .935 SV%. He is 15-7-4 with a 1.67 GAA, .935 SV% and four shutouts in 28 games this season. The Islanders drafted Gamzin in the fourth round (115th overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A few weeks ago, the Islanders team group chat lit up with a text from Anders Lee. It said they were going to have a day at his house in Minnesota, and to bring an old jersey. “I told the boys,