Noah Dobson is just happy to be back with the Islanders. And to be healthy.
The defenseman is set to play his third game since being cleared from the COVID-19 protocol list when the Islanders face the East Division-leading Capitals on Tuesday night at Nassau Coliseum.
Dobson missed eight games. He was set to play on March 14 against the Devils at Prudential Center but was pulled from the lineup after taking pre-game warmups and placed into COVID protocol.
"It was definitely tough, especially mentally, just being by yourself, isolating and being away from the team," Dobson said after Monday’s practice at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow in his first public comments since returning.