The New York Islanders announced Sunday that defenseman Alexander Romanov will miss 5-6 months to recover from shoulder surgery after Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen crushed him from behind into the boards.

Rantanen received a major penalty and a game misconduct for boarding Romanov in the final minute of the Islanders’ 3-2 road victory on Tuesday.

Romanov left the game and missed two matchups — New York’s 5-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings and a 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues — before the team ruled him out long term.

The Islanders host the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.

The club confirmed Romanov’s recovery timeline on the same day Rantanen was assessed an automatic one-game suspension for incurring multiple game misconducts. Rantanen took another major penalty and was ejected from a

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