WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York Islanders center Mikhail Grabovski has been activated off the injured list and will play in Game 5 of the team's playoff series against the Washington Capitals.
Islanders coach Jack Capuano says Grabovski will be in the lineup Thursday night. The first-round series is tied 2-2.
Grabovski hasn't appeared in a game since Feb. 19, missing the last 23 games of the regular season with what the team says is an upper-body injury.
Says Capuano: ''He was itching to get in there. ... He brings some speed and deception to his game and can back off the opposition with his speed.