Aatu Raty and Parker Wotherspoon have been recalled as the New York Islanders try to salvage something from their final pre-holiday break game.
The Florida Panthers are in town, facing an Islanders squad that look considerably different from their two October meeting, which were both Islanders regulation losses. Adam Pelech, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri and Semyon Varlamov are all out and on IR — the latter two added today — while Raty and Wotherspoon have been called up from AHL Bridgeport to potentially make their NHL debuts.
Robin Salo, whose bid for a regular role has been rocky to say the least, rode the pine in last night’s loss at the Garden.