ELMONT, NY — New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy has the non-envious role of trying to fill out his team's lineup after top-six forward Kyle Palmieri went down with a season-ending torn ACL in Friday's loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at UBS Arena.

The veteran winger got tangled up with Flyers forward Jamie Drysdale roughly four and a half minutes into the second period before awkwardly falling on his left leg. He needs surgery on the ACL, which will sideline him for the next six to eight months.

It is the second prominent injury that the Islanders have suffered in as many weeks. One of their top defensemen, Alex Romanov, is out five to six months after suffering a shoulder injury that requires surgery after he was slammed into the boards on a brutal hit from behind by Dallas Stars

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