Thomas Hickey (face) will play Thursday against the Bruins.

Hickey (face) will play Thursday against the Bruins.

Analysis:

Hickey exited Tuesday's game against Toronto after suffering a cut to his face, but it was never viewed as serious enough to keep him out of further action. He'll occupy a spot on the Islanders' second pairing, where he'll be joined by a new partner in Lubomir Visnovsky (back), who was activated from IR on Thursday.