It's been a very long offseason for New York Islanders star Mathew Barzal. In fact, his offseason basically began on February 1, the night he blocked a Darryn Raddysh point shot in Tampa Bay. That ...

Last season, New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal suffered a concerning knee injury that caused the Isles’ playoff hopes to come to a screeching halt. The Islanders limped to the finish line with ...

There was Mathew Barzal, a few strides inside the blue line with the puck on his stick, and Adam Pelech trailing. Suddenly, Barzal spun 180 degrees and dropped a pass for his longtime teammate at the ...

Mathew Barzal has not gone this long without playing a competitive game of hockey since he was three or four years old. The New York Islanders’ forward last appeared in an NHL game on Feb. 1 before ...

It appears that Mathew Barzal is ready for the season to start. After dealing with a season-ending injury in 2024-25, the New York Islanders center spoke during the NHL Media Tour in Las Vegas on ...

It wasn’t just what Mathew Barzal did on Thursday night in his first regular-season game after surgery to fix a season-ending kneecap issue last year: skate as if he hadn’t missed a beat, drive play, ...

Mathew Barzal was just so happy to be talking hockey at all. That may come as a surprise given how grim things have been for the New York Islanders over the past four seasons.