UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- There is a strong possibility that New York Islanders captain Doug Weight played his last NHL game on Thursday night.

But if the 39-year-old gets his way, that won't be the case as he prepares to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery on Thursday. Weight, who has appeared in 1,220 NHL games since entering the League with the New York Rangers in 1991, went 1-16-17 in 36 contests this season.

"It's a pretty intrusive surgery," Weight said on Saturday morning at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where his team will host the New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. ET. "I'm going to approach it with aspirations of still playing hockey. I think I still have the fire in my stomach when I hit the ice. My legs still feel very strong. The rest will be written in the summer. We'll see what happens. I don't know if it's going to be with the Islanders or not. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

"If it was my last game, I have no regrets. I had an unbelievable career as far as enjoying myself and meeting people and playing the greatest game in the world."

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