Wahlstrom was enjoying his strongest season to date with seven goals, nine assists, 70 SOG and 32 PIMs in 35 games prior to it being announced he would be out indefinitely due to a lower-body injury.
Wahlstrom missed the Islanders' season opener on Thursday but is expected to replace Kieffer Bellows in the lineup on Saturday. Wahlstrom had 13 goals and 11 assists (24 points) in 73 games a season ago.
Wahlstrom has been a regular in the Islanders lineup for a while now but will come out Thursday in Pittsburgh. Kieffer Bellows will replace him on a line with Mathew Barzal.
Wahlstrom will draw back into the Islanders lineup after missing the last two games with an upper-body injury. Josh Bailey is expected to be a healthy scratch.
Wahlstrom was on the ice for the Islanders' morning skate but will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury. According to head coach Barry Trotz, Wahlstrom will be held out for precautionary reasons.
Wahlstrom was not on the ice for Saturday's practice and is unlikely to play on Sunday. Josh Bailey () was back on the ice today and Barry Trotz says he'll play vs. Ottawa. He will replace Wahlstrom.
Wahlstrom was a healthy scratch vs. the Maple Leafs on Saturday but will play tonight vs. the Flyers. It's unclear who Wahlstrom will replace in the lineup, but he comes in goalless with 31 shots and three assists in his last eight games.
Both Wahlstrom and Anthony Beauvillier were activated and head coach Barry Trotz said it's possible that both will play on Saturday but "one more likely that the other." Monitor Wahlstrom's status as the Islanders hit the ice for warmups at 1:30 PM ET.
On the day that the Islanders activated players like Mathew Barzal, they also added four forwards to the protocol list, including Wahlstrom. This group is expected to be out until next Wednesday.
Wahlstrom suffered an undisclosed injury in Game 5 and his status for Game 6 is uncertain. Travis Zajac will draw into the Islanders lineup to replace him if he's unavailable. Additionally, Ryan Pulock would move back onto PP2 in Wahlstrom's absence.
The Islanders will shuffle some players around after losing four straight games. Wahlstrom, Leo Komarov and Kieffer Bellows will go to the taxi squad with Austin Czarnik, Dmytro Timashov and Ilya Sorokin coming up.
