Islanders place goalie Halak on IR, call up replacement

By foxsports
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NEW YORK -- The New York Islanders have placed goalie Jaroslav Halak on injured reserve because of an upper-body injury.

The move, made Sunday, is retroactive to last Monday.

Halak is 10-6-3 with a 2.09 goals-against average and two shutouts in 20 games this season.

The 30-year-old was 38-17-4 with a 2.43 GAA and six shutouts last season in his first year with the Islanders. He missed most of the preseason and New York's first four games this year with an undisclosed upper-body injury.

Thomas Greiss will start against Toronto on Sunday night in the Islanders' first game in nearly a week because of the break for Christmas. Greiss is 9-4-3 with a 2.03 GAA.

New York recalled Christopher Gibson from Bridgeport of the AHL. Gibson was 11-5-3 with a 1.99 GAA for the Sound Tigers.

The Islanders also have Jean-Francois Berube on the roster.