The New York Islanders have been without first-year Islanders forward Jonathan Drouin for the last five games , as he's been unavailable after having to nurse an injury. However, there's good news to be shared on that front.

Drouin was a participant in Islanders practice for the second straight day, and according to the man himself, he'll be ready to play when the Islanders take the ice on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team he broke into the NHL with.

“I'll be ready to go tomorrow, I'm excited about that,” he said via NHL.com.

New York finds themselves only a single point out of a first-place tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division, and Drouin attributes it to the players buying in to Islanders head coach Patrick Roy ‘s system.

“I think our system works

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