Johnny Boychuk

After taking a skate to the face earlier in the week against Montreal, Johnny Boychuk needed 90 stitches to fix the cut to his face. Luckily, Boychuk did not suffer any damage to his eye. No timetable was given for his return.

Fantasy Impact

Based on how the injury looked on the ice it is safe to say that Johnny Boychuk is more than likely out for the rest of the regular season.

Johnny Boychuk managed only one shot on goal in 16:03 of ice time during the Islanders 4-2 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Fantasy Impact

Johnny Boychuk is firmly entrenched in his position on the third defense pairing for the Islanders and plays a significant defensive role for the team. With Boychuk's offensive upside basically nonexistent he does not offer much in the way of fantasy relevance.

Johnny Boychuk provided a secondary assist on Jordan Eberle's goal in New York's 3-1 win over the Penguins in Game Two.

Fantasy Impact

In 99 career post-season games played, Boychuk has scored 13 goals, dished out 17 assists, and owns a plus-14 rating.

Johnny Boychuck scored his first goal of the season on the power play in the first period of the Islanders 4-1 win over Colorado on Monday night.

Fantasy Impact

Johnny Boychuck has 1 goal and 5 assists through 32 games this season. Boychuck doesn’t produce enough to have any fantasy value.

Johnny Boychuck got an assist and Anthony Beauvillier’s first period goal in the Islanders 3-2 loss to the Golden Knights on Wednesday night.

Fantasy Impact

Johnny Boychuck has largely been a non-factor points-wise this season. With 0 goals and 5 assists on the season it begs the question to why he is still getting power play time. Boychuck has only scored over 25 points once in his career and that has been several seasons removed. It’s best to ignore Boychuck for fantasy purposes.