Kyle Palmieri practiced with the team on Wednesday morning at Northwell Health Ice Center after missing the first four preseason games. He has been skating on his own and skated with the non-game group on Monday.
"Skating on your own, you can only do so much," Palmieri said on Wednesday. "It's a controlled atmosphere and when you kind of get out there and with the group and get into some battle drills and stuff. It takes a little time to get back in the swing of things. I'll just take it day by day and just try to keep building."
Head Coach Lane Lambert said Palmieri made progress while skating on his own, pointing out it won't take long for him to catch up to speed.
"He has been doing some really productive stuff, so I don't think it's that long of a window." Lambert said.
The 32-year-old winger had 33 points (16G, 17A) in 55 games played last season in his third year with the Islanders.
BLUE GROUP
Forwards: Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas, Cal Clutterbuck, Pierre Engvall, Hudson Fasching, Julien Gauthier, Simon Holmstrom, Bo Horvat, Ross Johnston, Anders Lee, Matt Martin, Brock Nelson, JG Pageau, Kyle Palmieri, Oliver Wahlstrom.
Defensemen: Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc, Noah Dobson, Paul LaDue, Scott Mayfield, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock, Alexander Romanov
Goaltenders: Ilya Sorokin, Semyon Varlamov
WHITE GROUP
Forwards: Jackson Cates, William Dufour, Arnaud Durandeau, Ruslan Iskhakov, Karson Kuhlman, Eetu Liukas, Kyle MacLean, Matt Maggio, Reece Newkirk, Brian Pinho
Defensemen: Dennis Cholowski, Aidan Fulp, Grant Hutton, Travis Mitchell, Calle Odelius and Robin Salo
Goaltenders: Ken Appleby, Jakub Skarek
