Casey Cizikas missed his second straight game for the Islanders on Sunday, and it doesn’t appear the center will be back soon.
“Casey is going to be a little while,” coach Jack Capuano said. “He hasn’t even hit the ice yet, so we don’t expect him anytime soon.”
Cizikas appeared to avoid serious injury when Capitals defenseman Dmitri Orlov stepped on his arm in the first period of Tuesday’s game at Barclays Center. Cizikas raced off the ice with trainer Damien Hess but returned later in the period with eight stitches and a huge sigh of relief that it wasn’t a more serious skate cut.