The Islanders have no obvious option for their first line in the wake of Mathew Barzal’s injury, but it might end up being Matt Martin on Wednesday.
After the Islanders started theiron Monday night with Simon Holmstrom on Bo Horvat’s right in place of Barzal, they finished the game with Martin there, and afterwards they sounded happy with how it went.
The first line of Horvat, Anders Lee and Martin created the game-winning goal. Horvat turned Tristan Jarry over and Martin found Lee at the backdoor for the goal. It was Martin’s 10th assist of the season, the first time he has reached double-digit assists in 14 NHL seasons. His 17 points are just two off his career high, in 2015-16 in his first stint on Long Island.
Martin is not likely to replicate Barzal’s offensive punch , but he does play a sound, mistake-free game on most nights.
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