Isles Day-to-Day: Mayfield Out 4 Weeks

Scott Mayfield will miss at least four weeks with a lower-body injury, according to Head Coach Doug Weight.
Mayfield left Monday's game in the first period after blocking a P.K. Subban slap shot and was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday afternoon, retroactive to Feb. 5. Weight said four weeks was likely the minimum, meaning the earliest he'd likely be back is early-to-mid March.

"He'll be a while," Weight said. "It hit him in the wrong spot. Some of those are a little shorter than longer. You could have a lot worse. You don't want to see guys get hurt, but hopefully he's back soon."
Mayfield is the latest Islanders defenseman to hit the shelf, as Calvin de Haan has been out since Dec. 16 while Johnny Boychuk has been out since Dec. 28. Dennis Seidenberg will likely to draw back into the lineup for Friday's game against Buffalo, as the Islanders are down to six healthy defensemen.
"We have bodies and that stuff will work itself out. You definitely have to put some added angst into some guys and challenge them, but just have to go play," Weight said. "We have a lot of good players, let's go to work."

BARZAL TAKES MAINTENANCE DAY:

Mathew Barzal took a maintenance day on Wednesday, but should be ready to go for Thursday, according to Weight. Casey Cizikas practiced with Anders Lee and Jordan Eberle in Barzal's absence.