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The New York Islanders placed forward Mathew Barzal on long-term injured reserve and defenseman Adam Pelech on IR Saturday due to their respective upper-body injuries.
Barzal will be required to miss at least 10 games and 24 calendar days after being placed on long-term injured reserve.
"It (stinks), and it's not ideal," forward Bo Horvat said Friday. "But again, guys have gone down in the past and the other guys have stepped up, and that's going to be the exact same thing going forward. We've got the guys in here to do it, and we have to get it done.