Alexander Romanov out at least five months after vicious hit as Islanders get dealt multiple injury blows
NY Post
Alexander Romanov will miss 5-6 months and have right shoulder surgery after Mikko Rantanen’s hit last Tuesday, the Islanders announced.
That was expected after Romanov went down in a heap following Rantanen’s hit that took him out of the win over Dallas. The unexpected injury news came when the Islanders were also without Jean-Gabriel Pageau — with No. 44 being declared week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
That forced Cal Ritchie to move up to the third line, with Casey Cizikas centering the fourth, as the Islanders rejiggered their forward group to compensate.
Anders Lee skated on the top line with Mat Barzal and Jonathan Drouin; Simon Holmstrom and Max Shabanov were on either side of Ritchie.
Max Tsyplakov rejoined the lineup to skate on a fourth line with Cizikas and Anthony Duclair. The second line of Emil Heineman, Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri was the only one unaffected.
“When I saw [Romanov] going down, I really thought he had a lot more serious injury,” coach Patrick Roy said. “It’s a serious one, because his season is over, but I thought maybe a broken neck or something like this.”
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