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Casey Cizikas not in Islanders' lineup for Game 3

Casey Cizikas was a surprise absence from the Islanders’ lineup in Friday night’s Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals against the Lightning at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Coach Barry Trotz had said earlier in the day there would be a game-time decision.

Missing his invaluable fourth-line center, Trotz reconfigured his bottom two lines.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau centered Cizikas’ usual wings, Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck, and Leo Komarov was in between Derick Brassard and Michael Dal Colle.

That meant Andrew Ladd was back out of the lineup after playing Wednesday for the first time since March 10 in the Islanders’ 2-1 loss in Game 2.