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Isles will be without Okposo for next two games

Kyle Okposo

New York Islanders’ Kyle Okposo leaves the ice after Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Uniondale, N.Y. The Penguins defeated the Islanders in overtime 5-4. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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The New York Islanders announced that forward Kyle Okposo will miss the next two games because of a “nagging lower-body injury.”

The Isles face the Coyotes tonight and the Ducks on Monday. Okposo could get a really nice rest this way, as they’ll be a break from Monday until next Sunday (when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs).

That’s not to say that Okposo is guaranteed to return by that match. Either way, it seems like a reasonable time to strategically sit him and allow that gnawing issue to subside with limited damage to the team.

Okposo has been productive so far in this contract year, generating eight goals and 26 points in 33 games. Perhaps he’s been slowed just a touch most recently, as he’s been without a point in his past two games (though that may be a coincidence).