In October, Tom Kuhnhackl and Matt Martin both got hurt during the same game putting the New York Islanders in a pickle.. For Kuhnhackl, he went awkwardly into the boards and had to leave the game. He was given a timetable of four to six weeks.
Now, about two months later, Kuhnhackl is ready to go after a conditioning stint with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
It appears that Kuhnhackl will replace Michael Dal Colle in the lineup, who got hurt on Saturday, to round out the Islanders' third line. Even though Dal Colle was playing well against Buffalo before he got hurt, Kuhnhackl should be an upgrade for the Islanders.