PHILADELPHIA — What appeared like an added piece of distress to an already horrible day for the Islanders ended up being a false alarm.
Pierre Engvall exited Saturday’s 4-3 shootout loss to the Flyers with 3:04 left in regulation after his left knee buckled in an obvious non-contact damage, however coach Patrick Roy stated after the sport there was nothing to fret about.
Engvall, certainly, returned to the bench for extra time (although he didn’t get within the recreation) and was within the dressing room afterward.
So for now, the Islanders can breathe straightforward after what initially appeared prefer it could possibly be a catastrophic damage.
Engvall was, in truth, one in all their higher gamers Saturday, tying a team-high six pictures on objective and persevering with what’s been a stable month since being placed on a line with Casey Cizikas and Hudson Fasching.
Along with his future as an Islander having been in query since failing to make the workforce out of coaching camp, Engvall is without doubt one of the gamers who nonetheless has one thing to show over the season’s final three video games after the workforce was formally eradicated from playoff competition Saturday.
The Islanders have to decide on whether or not to purchase out the winger, who nonetheless has 5 years left on his contract at $3 million per 12 months after this one.
If the Islanders purchase out Engvall, they’d be on the hook for a $1 million cap hit from subsequent season by 2034-35, creating $2 million in financial savings for the primary 5 of these seasons.
The Swede has 15 factors in 58 video games this season, with eight targets and 7 assists.
Goaltender Marcus Högberg recovered nicely from a horror-show efficiency two nights earlier towards the Rangers, stopping 19 of twenty-two pictures in regulation and extra time, then 4 of 5 within the shootout.
“Marcus gave us a chance to win in overtime,” Roy stated. “And we couldn’t score that goal that would win the game for us.”
Roy declined to mirror on the season after the Islanders had been eradicated Saturday, saying he would accomplish that after it ends.
