Thomas Hickey and Andrew Ladd should expect to be skating instead of watching when the Islanders face Columbus Monday night at the Coliseum. They’ve been waiting their turn for steady work again after coming back from some extended injury-induced downtime.
“This is their turn,” Barry Trotz said after practice Sunday at Northwell Health Ice Center. “ . . . Now they get an opportunity to get in. Don’t give that opportunity back.”
Johnny Boychuk exited in the third period of Saturday night’s 5-2 home loss to Philadelphia after taking a shoulder to the head from Jakub Voracek, who was suspended Sunday by the NHL for two games and fined $88,709.