Islanders’ Noah Dobson out indefinitely with lower-body injury

New York Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The Islanders say there is no timeline for a return.

Dobson left Monday’s 3-1 win versus the Columbus Blue Jackets after suffering an apparent leg injury in a collision with Blue Jackets forward Cole Sillinger.

At Islanders practice, Islanders head coach Patrick Roy had Alexander Romanov and Scott Mayfield as a pairing, with Dennis Cholowski and Isaiah George as another. 

The 25-year-old Dobson has tallied six goals and 18 assists for 24 points in 46 games this season leading all Islanders defenseman in points.

During the 2023-24 campaign, Dobson had a career-high season, scoring 10 goals and 70 points in 79 games. The 2018 No. 12 overall pick has continuously improved his game since making his debut with the Isles during the 2019-20 season. He has been on the top defense pair and quarterbacking the top power-play unit this season.

Dobson is in the final year of a three-year, $12,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $4,000,000 per season.

In five seasons, the former Memorial Cup champion has racked up 46 goals and 169 assists for 215 points in 363 games. Dobson has added 10 assists in 31 Stanley Cup Playoff contests.

The Islanders have not recalled anyone, but Grant Hutton is likely to be recalled from the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey League (AHL) if the Islanders go that route. The Indiana native has seen 13 contests with the Islanders this season, picking up two assists. In the AHL, Hutton has tallied three assists in 19 games.

New York currently sits eighth in the Metropolitan Division with a 19-20-7 record. The Islanders are slated to face the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday and the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.