Islanders star Mathew Barzal is healthy now and is off to a good start at training camp. NHLI via Getty Images The thing about a player like Barzal, though, is that he can make the waiting worth it.

The irony of Mathew Barzal reaching 50 assists for the first time in seven seasons upon being moved from center is that the big 5-0 came when he was back down the middle. A three-point ...

Mathew Barzal has returned to Long Island to have an upper-body injury evaluated by the Islanders’ medical staff, the team announced Friday. The Islanders said a timetable for Barzal’s absence ...

Mathew Barzal saved the Islanders’ season on Saturday with a subtle tip-in of a shot by Robert Bortuzzo 1:24 into double overtime to beat the Hurricanes, 3-2. But what Barzal did earlier ...