DiPietro Out Tonight With Minor Swelling in His Knee, Lawson Called Up to Start

After arguably his best performance of the season in Thursday night's 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks Rick DiPietro will miss tonight's game against the Phoenix Coyotes with minor swelling in his knee.

The swelling in his knee doesn't seem to be anything major, as the franchise goaltender implies it's not a big deal and "the setback is (a) minor one."

However, as a precaution, since it is clear DiPietro would not be able to back-up Dwayne Roloson tonight, the Islanders have called up AHL netminder Nathan Lawson on an emergency basis from Bridgeport. Lawson, 27, will start for the Isles in the contest tonight against the Phoenix Coyotes. It will be Lawson's NHL debut.

In other news, Jon Sim was put on waivers yesterday for the sole purpose of sending him to Bridgeport. He was skating this morning with the team, so it appears he has, in fact, cleared waivers and will be assigned to the SoundTigers.

UPDATE: Sim cleared waivers and was recalled from Bridgeport and was in the lineup tonight in the Isles 4-3 shootout loss to the Coyotes. Sim saw 10:45 of ice time.