{"id":217757,"date":"2025-10-16T12:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217757\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:55:11","slug":"patrick-roy-making-lineup-change-as-islanders-look-for-first-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217757\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Roy making lineup change as Islanders look for first win"},"content":{"rendered":"

After playing a team-low 6:43 in Saturday\u2019s loss to the Jets<\/a>, Maxim Tsyplakov will be a healthy scratch when the Islanders wrap up their three-game homestand Thursday against Edmonton.<\/p>\n

Kyle MacLean is expected to draw into the lineup for the first time this season as the fourth-line center, with Casey Cizikas shifting to the wing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you make changes to make a change,\u201d coach Patrick Roy said. \u201cKyle hasn\u2019t played this year. We felt like it\u2019s time for him to play. I think he\u2019s gonna bring energy to the lineup, speed to the lineup. So sometimes you\u2019re looking for those.<\/p>\n

\u201cSippy has a few things we want him to clean up. We had a good conversation about it. That\u2019s what I love about him. He\u2019s gonna work hard at it and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be ready when he gets back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MaximMaxim Tsyplakov, who will not play against the Oilers on Thursday, skates during the Islanders\u2019 loss to the Jets on Oct. 13, 2025. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n

Tsyplakov, who was a healthy scratch twice last season, said he had a conversation with Roy and needs to focus on cleaning up the defensive side of his game and being more aggressive.<\/p>\n

The Russian has yet to record a point this season, and even before Monday had minimal ice time, with fewer than 12 minutes in each of the first two games. <\/p>\n

He said he was disappointed to be scratched, but he expects to be back in the lineup shortly.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust need to work on details,\u201d Tsyplakov said. \u201cIt\u2019s about tactics. D-zone, neutral zone, offensive zone. Just need a little bit [more].\u201d<\/p>\n

\"KyleKyle MacLean, skating during a practice in September, is being inserted into the Islanders\u2019 lineup when they face the Oilers to close out their three-game homestand. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n

David Rittich will get his first start of the season in goal for the Islanders on Thursday. Roy said the plan is for Ilya Sorokin to start in Ottawa on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Rittich played three preseason games, over which he stopped 49 of 57 shots for an .860 save percentage.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Pulock described the Islanders\u2019 defensive issues as being related to small details rather than anything structural.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s moments in the game where maybe you can be a little more aggressive with the puck and there\u2019s moments in the game where you have to be more safe. Different spots on the ice where we have to protect each other more,\u201d Pulock told The Post. \u201cI think we\u2019re not protecting underneath at times, which has cost us. It\u2019s just a matter of little tweaks, little mindsets just to clear those areas up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Oilers defenseman Jake Walman is not expected to return from an upper-body injury in time to face the Islanders on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After playing a team-low 6:43 in Saturday\u2019s loss to the Jets, Maxim Tsyplakov will be a healthy scratch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,5791,575,736,133042,85],"class_list":["post-217757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-nhl","tag-ny-sports-minute","tag-patrick-roy","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}