Kyle Palmieri will get surgery to repair an ACL tear in his left knee and will be out 6-8 months, the New York Islanders announced on Saturday.
Palmieri was injured in the second period of Friday’s 4-3 SO loss to the Philadelphia Flyers after falling awkwardly in a collision with Jamie Drysdale along the boards. While clearly in pain on the way back to the bench, Palmieri pickpocketed Flyers defenseman Emil Andrae and earned a secondary assist on an Emil Heineman goal.
Palmieri has 18 points (6G, 12A) through 25 games this season. Palmieri’s injury ends a streak of 223 consecutive games played for the winger, who was the reigning Islanders ironman.
