New York Islanders forward Kyle Palmieri suffered a torn ACL during Friday night's 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. His final on-ice contribution for the season helped kickstart a comeback for his teammates.

Early in the second period, the Islanders found themselves down 3-0. Nearly four minutes after Trevor Zegras scored the Flyers' third goal, Palmieri chased down a puck deep in the Philadelphia defensive zone and collided with defenseman Jamie Drysdale, falling awkwardly to the ice.

As play continued, Palmieri eventually began to slowly make his way to the Islanders' bench. During his route off the ice, he swiped the puck from a back-skating, unsuspecting Emil Andrae and dropped it off to Jonathan Drouin, who then left it for Emil Heineman for New York's first goal.

The Islanders confirmed on Saturday that Palmieri, who is signed through the 2026-27 NHL season, will undergo surgery to repair an ACL tear in his left knee. The 34-year-old veteran will miss the next 6-8 months.

The injury will also end Palmieri's ironman streak of 223 consecutive games played.

"What a gutsy effort for him on that," captain Anders Lee said after the game. "Going through a lot of pain, he's one of the toughest teammates that I know. Takes a lot for him to feel pain and get keeled over, but you can also see how strong he is to battle through and make a huge play."

The assist was Palmieri's 12th of the season through 25 games. He is currently tied with Matthew Schaefer and Mathew Barzal for second on the team with 18 points.

Schaefer and Lee scored to complete the second-period comeback and knot the game at three apiece. The Flyers prevailed, however, after a shootout with Zegras and Travis Konecny scoring.