Billy HeyenSat, November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC·1 min readIslanders' Kyle Palmieri injury update is brutal news after epic assist after he got hurt originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Kyle Palmieri sustained what looked like a season-ending injury on Friday.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBefore he left the ice, the New York Islanders' alternate captain found a way to get an assist.
It was a wild sequence of events.
First, Palmieri got himself into a collision near the boards.
He's believed to have torn his ACL, according to ESPN's Emily Kaplan.
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The puck cycled around as Palmieri slowly got himself to his feet to try and skate off the ice as play continued.
As Palmieri skated away, the puck swung back to a Philadelphia Flyers defenseman, and Palmieri was right there, so he swiped it away.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPalmieri then threaded a backhand pass to a cutting teammate, and one pass later, the Islanders put the puck in the back of the net.
So that's a secondary assist for Palmieri while seriously injured.
Here's the video:
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That sums up the type of player the Islanders are losing to injury.
Most hockey players are tough. Palmieri certainly proves that he's among the toughest with this moment.
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