The two new defensemen seem to fit in like a glove in a very small sample size. Their ability to see the ice and help the transition games by skating with the puck or moving the puck up the ice with stretch passes fits head coach Patrick Roy 's M.O. to a tee. Both can play quarterback on the power play, a skill the Islanders desperately need.

Alexander Romanov could probably give Noah Dobson some good advice right about now. This season has been played on two tracks for Romanov: one in which he’s further established himself as a top-pair defenseman for the Islanders and a pivotal piece of their future,

Dobson suffered an injury to his right leg when it bent awkwardly after a check by Columbus’ Cole Sillinger 1:16 into the third period of Monday night’s 3-1 win over the Blue Jackets at UBS Arena. He left the ice and did not return.

Noah Dobson had just starting heating up for the Islanders, but the defenseman is out indefinitely after suffering a lower-body injury.

The Islanders acquired defenseman Scott Perunovich from the Blues in exchange for a conditional 5th-round pick in the 2026 Draft.

New York Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The Islanders say there is no timeline for a return. Dobson left Monday’s 3-1 win versus the Columbus Blue Jackets after suffering an apparent leg injury in a collision with Blue Jackets forward Cole Sillinger.

Noah Dobson ... York to replace Dobson, who is leading the team in ice time, averaging just over 24 minutes per night. Alex Romanov was skating on the top pairing alongside Scott Mayfield at ...

“For sure.” Scott Mayfield will join Alexander Romanov as the Islanders’ top defensive pair in place of the injured Noah Dobson. NHLI via Getty Images Still, this figures to be a major test ...

Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves, and Simon Holmstrom scored a goal and added two assists as the Isles used their biggest third period outburst since March 2023 to earn a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche before a crowd of 15,735 at UBS Arena.

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The 5-10, 175-pound Perunovich logged 18:52 and was a plus-2 with two shots, earning enough of Roy’s trust to play key shifts in the third period. Tony DeAngelo, signed out of the KHL on Friday, played 22:11 with two blocked shots as he also earned his first point as an Islander with an assist in his second game.

Ryan Pulock and Marcus Hogberg were both placed on IR retroactive to Jan. 25 with upper-body injuries, Jakub Skarek recalled