The Islanders will be without captain Anders Lee for an extended period, his first absence from the lineup in a long time.
The team announced on Friday that Lee would be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury and no further updates would be provided at this time.
Lee, playing in his 295th straight game, the eighth-longest active streak in the NHL and the third-longest in Islanders history, exited Thursday night’s 5-3 win over the Devils at Nassau Coliseum at 12:55 of the first period after Pavel Zacha fell over his extended right leg as he drove toward the Islanders’ net.