Halak (upper body) returned to practice on Wednesday with the rest of the team, Arthur Staple of Newsday reports.

Halak has missed the team's first three games with an upper body injury sustained during the preseason. Thomas Greiss has filled in admirably and will be a far better option than Michal Neuvirth or Chad Johnson was last season, but the Islanders need Halak to return quickly to full strength if they want to be in the top half of the tricky Metropolitan division.