Islanders F Bo Horvat, a Canada Olympian, avoids serious injury

New York Islanders alternate captain Bo Horvat remains on track to play for Canada in the Olympics despite leaving Thursday's loss to the Utah Mammoth with an apparent lower-body injury.

Horvat will miss upcoming games against the Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils and Nashville Predators and will be reevaluated in a week, Islanders coach Patrick Roy said Friday.

The 30-year-old center collided awkwardly with Mammoth defenseman Sean Durzi in the third period of New York's 7-2 blowout defeat.

Horvat's injury is not serious and his Olympic participation is not in jeopardy, TSN reported Friday. He was named Wednesday to the 25-man Canada team that will compete in the Winter Games at Milan, Italy, beginning Feb. 11.

Horvat's 21 goals and 33 points this season are team highs. A previous lower-body injury sidelined him for five games in mid-December.

The London, Ontario, product is in his fourth season with the Islanders. Horvat was acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Vancouver Canucks in January 2023.

The ninth overall pick in the 2013 draft, Horvat has scored 290 goals with 594 points in 849 career games.

--Field Level Media