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New York Islanders News / The Lead / September 22
Mathew Barzal’s Injury Creates Space for Victor Eklund on Islanders’ Roster
With the 2026-2027 NHL season set to begin soon, the New York Islanders began training camp on Wednesday. Unfortunately, they will be without forward Mathew Barzal for the foreseeable future.
The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
Mathew Barzal News / Daily Faceoff / September 16
Islanders’ Mat Barzal to miss training camp with injury
New York Islanders forward Mat Barzal will miss the next two weeks — spanning the entirety of the team’s 2026 training camp — due to “aggravation of a prior injury,” the club announced Wednesday afternoon.
The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
New York Islanders News / Pro Hockey Rumors / September 16
Islanders’ Mathew Barzal Out Week-To-Week
The New York Islanders announced today that star forward Mathew Barzal will “not skate the next two weeks due to aggravation of a prior injury that has
New York Islanders News / New York Islanders On SI / September 16
Four NY Islanders Who Need to Take a Major Step Forward This Season
The New York Islanders missed the NHL postseason by seven points in 2025-26. This was in part due to a 4-10-0 run from March 19 and so on, which also included a 1-7-0 record in the last eight games of the year.
New York Islanders News / New York Islanders On SI / September 14
Breaking Down What a Career-Year Would Look Like for NY Islanders' Mathew Barzal
The New York Islanders are getting set for the start of training camp soon, and that means the regular season is right around the corner. For the Islanders,
New York Islanders News / New York Islanders On SI / September 1
Mathew Barzal Reveals Surprising Highlight of Summer
This summer has been an eventful one for New York Islanders star forward Mathew Barzal. He has been traveling around the world, spending time in different cities in different countries for events.
Mathew Barzal News / The Hockey Writers / August 30
Islanders Risk Wasting Mathew Barzal on the Wing
The New York Islanders rely heavily on Mathew Barzal. He has been the premier centre for almost ten years. He is the key piece of the Islanders’ core as their only star forward.
NHL News / Yardbarker / August 9
New York Islanders are asking fans to wait one more year
The New York Islanders have a plan. Most of it appears to begin next summer.
The defining figure for every NHL franchise
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
NHL News / TheLeafsnation / June 8
Around the NHL: Canadiens working on Gallagher trade, Islanders listening to offers for Mathew Barzal
Welcome back to another edition of Around the NHL, as Mitch Marner and the Vegas Golden Knights carry a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 on Tuesday night. Marner put on a show in Game 3, scoring the fastest hat-trick in Stanley Cup Final history, and he’s the favourite to win the Conn Smythe Trophy at this juncture.
New York Islanders News / NHL Trade Talk / June 3
Five possible trade destinations for Islanders' $73M forward
If the rumors about Mathew Barzal potentially being on the trade block are even remotely true, there will be several suitors who kick tires on the dynamic forward.
NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / June 2
New Star Forward Available on the Trade Market?
A lot of big-name players have been swirling around the rumor mill as we close in on the busiest part of the NHL offseason. The futures of superstars Connor
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / May 12
Crosby to join Canada at 2026 World Championship; Barzal out with injury
With the 2026 IIHF World Championship set to begin on May 15th in Zurich, Switzerland, Team Canada has had a couple late roster changes. On the positive side, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby will be joining Team Canada in Zurich.
New York Islanders News / NHL Trade Talk / January 25
Mathew Barzal’s Benching and Call Out a Rare Sight in Today’s NHL
The New York Islanders were shut out 5-0 at home by the red-hot Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. While the lopsided score might have shocked some, what was even more surprising—especially for those who didn’t watch and only saw the box score—was that Mathew Barzal logged just 12:45 of ice time.
New York Islanders News / NHL Trade Talk / December 28
Mat Barzal Did What Leaders Do — Even If It Might Cost Him
Mathew Barzal’s reaction to Mason Marchment on Sunday night instantly became one of the most talked-about moments surrounding the New York Islanders this season—and not because of a goal or highlight-reel assist.
New York Islanders News / Daily Faceoff / October 30
Islanders’ Barzal to be a healthy scratch against Hurricanes on Oct. 30
The New York Islanders will be without center Mathew Barzal in their lineup when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, NC, on Thursday night.
New York Islanders News / Daily Faceoff / October 10
Why Mathew Barzal thinks the New York Islanders can be the new Dallas Stars
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.
New York Islanders News / The Hockey Writers / September 24
Mathew Barzal’s Health Could Make or Break the Islanders’ Season
For the New York Islanders, everything runs through Mathew Barzal. The electric playmaker has been the face of the franchise for years, the player capable of changing the tempo of a game with a single shift.
New York Islanders News / Pro Hockey Rumors / September 15, 2025
Mathew Barzal Ready For Islanders Training Camp
Star New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal will be ready for full involvement in the team’s upcoming training camp, per a recent interview with Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News.
New York Islanders News / Daily Faceoff / September 8, 2025
Islanders’ Mathew Barzal ready to return to lineup after season-ending injury
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 Monday that he’s ready to return to the lineup for the 2025-26 season.
NHL News / Canucksarmy / April 15, 2025
Offseason Dreaming: Could Mathew Barzal be the perfect centre trade target for the Canucks?
The Vancouver Canucks haven’t officially moved on to the 2025 offseason quite yet, but in many ways, the rest of us already have. After a disappointing 2024/25 campaign, the Summer of 2025 promises to be an active and vitally important one.
New York Islanders News / NYI Hockey Now / February 8, 2025
Barzal Undergoes Kneecap Procedure
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic and TSN broke major news this Saturday afternoon. On Thursday, New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal underwent a “minor procedure” to address an injured kneecap.
New York Islanders News / Pro Hockey Rumors / February 3, 2025
Islanders' highest-paid player out indefinitely with lower-body injury
He left Saturday’s overtime win over the Lightning in the third period and did not return after taking a Darren Raddysh slapper to the knee.
New York Islanders News / Pro Hockey Rumors / November 1, 2024
Islanders star forward leaves road trip, being evaluated for upper-body injury
Things keep shifting from bad to worse for the Isles.
NHL News / Yardbarker / April 27, 2024
Watch: Islanders avoid elimination with double-overtime win
We had our first double-overtime game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday afternoon, and it resulted in the New York Islanders avoiding elimination.
New York Islanders News / NYI Hockey Now / February 15, 2024
Mathew Barzal Sits Out Islanders Practice For Second Straight Day
Mathew Barzal emerged with his New York Islanders teammates for a group photo on Thursday at MetLife Stadium and promptly left the ice as the team began its practice, watching from the bench as a non-participant for the straight day.
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