Islanders Kyle Palmieri Tears ACL, Out 6-to-8 Months

New York Islanders forward Kyle Palmieri has reached legend status.

The veteran forward went into the boards awkwardly on Friday night against the Philadelphia Flyers, ended up tearing his ACL on the play, meanwhile was able to get to his feet, make a nice pass, which lead to an Islanders goal.

It's a brutal blow for the Islanders, who are surprising a ton of people this year being in the mix for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Per the team release:

Kyle Palmieri will get surgery to repair an ACL tear in his left knee and will be out 6-8 months, the New York Islanders announced on Saturday.

Palmieri was injured in the second period of Friday’s 4-3 SO loss to the Philadelphia Flyers after falling awkwardly in a collision with Jamie Drysdale along the boards. While clearly in pain on the way back to the bench, Palmieri pickpocketed Flyers defenseman Emil Andrae and earned a secondary assist on an Emil Heineman goal. Palmieri has 18 points (6G, 12A) through 25 games this season. Palmieri's injury ends a streak of 223 consecutive games played for the winger, who was the reigning Islanders ironman.

Here's the play, one that Palmieri will always be remembered by:

ASSIST OF THE YEAR FROM KYLE PALMIERI 😂 pic.twitter.com/MVZbU9gIgK
— Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) November 28, 2025

Kyle Palmieri tore his ACL on this play, before getting an assist on his way to the bench.

HOCKEY. GUY. 💪 https://t.co/ompvkM9Avw pic.twitter.com/ZhSNXq1sIm
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 29, 2025

Palmieri out for the season. Absolutely devastating for the isles, he was playing so well. Insane that he made this play on a torn ACL pic.twitter.com/aWESJzr19E
— Frankie Borrelli (@FrankieBorrelli) November 29, 2025