Salo will be a healthy scratch for the 13th straight game Saturday versus the Stars, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports.
Salo is considered one of the top defensive prospects for the Islanders, so it's a bit surprising that he's been stapled to the bench for this long. There seem to be two things at play here. First, Sebastian Aho has played better than expected, earning a nightly spot in the lineup. Additionally, the Islanders don't have another defenseman in their organization that they trust to be the emergency defender, so they don't want to denote Salo to the AHL. Ross Johnston was also a healthy scratch Saturday as Josh Bailey returned to the lineup.