Marek Zidlicky joined the list of Islanders defensemen who have missed a game because of injury. The 39-year-old was sidelined Tuesday night against the Penguins with an upper-body injury suffered in Sunday’s 6-4 win over the Rangers.
Zidlicky might have been scratched anyway, seeing how he’s been out of the lineup 14 times as a healthy scratch this season. But Ryan Pulock returned to the lineup to make his regular-season Barclays Center debut in Zidlicky’s spot.
“We don’t know where he’s going to be with this,” coach Jack Capuano said of Zidlicky.
Calvin de Haan (lower body injury) missed his second consecutive game and seventh in the past nine and Capuano sounded far more pessimistic about de Haan’s return in the short term.