After their 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday, the New York Islanders trimmed down their roster from 52 names to 40. All twelve players were assigned to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL.
The players sent down were Sebastian Aho (D), Kieffer Bellows (LW), Arnaud Durandeau (LW), Scott Eansor (C), Ryan Hitchcock (LW), Grant Hutton (D), Mason Jobst (C), Otto Koivula (C), Jeff Kubiak (C), Kyle MacLean (C), Nicholas Schilkey (RW), and John Stevens (C).
Mason Jobst and Otto Koivula going down could be seen as a surprise.