The Latest Breaking News from Maw Barzal

ELMONT, N.Y. — Not surprisingly, it was a low-scoring game.

PITTSBURGH – There’s no sugarcoating how injury-depleted the Islanders are as they played the first of what will be many games without top-line playmaker Mathew Barzal.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Plenty went into the Islanders’ latest loss as their season continues to spiral. But in a twisted sign of their recent misfortunes, they had the wrong Sebastian Aho on Saturday night.

CALGARY, Alberta — It was another loss after another sluggish first period on a lost road trip highlighted by the surprising loss of Mathew Barzal, their top playmaker.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders extended their winning streak to three with a workmanlike 2-1 victory over the struggling Blue Jackets on Thursday night at UBS Arena, leapfrogging the Rangers to move back into a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The injury-depleted Islanders went into the NHL’s three-day holiday break with a solid performance. Their first game after vacation was even better.

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ELMONT, N.Y. — The chances were there, even if there wasn’t sufficient traffic in front of the crease all the time.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The short-handed Blue Jackets made the Islanders work for this win, to be sure. But the Islanders’ biggest victory may have been sustaining a concentrated effort coming off two emotional wins, the Thanksgiving holiday and a questionable second-period sequence that yielded two power-play goals.