Nov 8
C Doug Weight, the Islanders' captain, has played in only 11 of the Isles' first 17 games. He sustained an early-season groin injury, then had a recent encounter with swine flu before also sitting out Saturday's game against Atlanta with an upper-body injury that is expected to sideline him for at least one week.
Nov 4
Weight led all Islanders' forwards in ice time Wednesday with nearly 20 minutes of action.
Recommendation: Wednesday's loss to Buffalo was the first team loss since Weight returned from his bout with the H1N1 virus. The team had won four straight contests.