{"id":135741,"date":"2023-02-20T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135741"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:54:17","slug":"new-york-islanders-announced-mathew-barzal-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/20\/new-york-islanders-announced-mathew-barzal-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Islanders Forward Out With Lower-Body Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a> have announced that their star centre, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barzama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathew Barzal<\/a> has an injury and will be out indefinitely. The injury is listed as a lower-body injury at this time. It appears as though he was injured in Sunday\u2019s contest with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bruins\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/new-york-islander-mathew-barzal-out-indefinitely-with-a-lower-body-injury-1.1921550\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He sustained an impact on his right leg<\/a>. This might just make Lou Lamoriello and his Isles buyers at the deadline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Isles<\/a> Injury Update: Mat Barzal is out indefinitely with a lower body injury.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1627707096140591104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New York Islanders Star Centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barzama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathew Barzal<\/a> Out Indefinitely<\/h2>\n<p>The Mathew Barzal injury comes in midst of him having a decent season with the New York Islanders so far. He has recorded 14 goals, and 37 assists for 51 points through 58 games played. In addition, he is having a standout analytic season with a CF Rel% of 20.1. This is made all the more impressive that he struggles with faceoffs, winning a disappointing 35.6%. Still, he manages to get it done offensively. Furthermore, his offensive output is aligned with or slightly ahead of last year\u2019s clip. In 2021-22, he recorded 15 goals, and 44 assists, for 59 points through 73 games.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Islanders<\/h3>\n<p>This essentially makes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/horvabo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Horvat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/02\/bo-horvat-trade-the-first-domino\/\" target=\"_self\">acquisition<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> all the more important. The Islanders are currently in a fight for the final wild-card spot, which they currently find themselves in. Moreover, Monday evening will see the Islanders take on the team ahead of them in the wild-card standings, the Pittsburgh Penguins. This will be a good test for the Islanders lineup without Barzal if he ends up being out long-term.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders do have a couple of options as the trade deadline approaches in over 11 days. First of all, if they feel that their current roster needs upgrades they can make a move. For example, if Barzal were to need to go on LTIR, they would have some salary to work with. However, they are not really up against the cap limit as it currently stands.\u00a0 A few options to replace Barzal\u2019s offence include names like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kanepa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Kane<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/larkidy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Larkin<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/08\/nhl-rumours-patrick-kane-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">Kane<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/17\/detroit-red-wings-dylan-larkin-contract-update\/\" target=\"_self\">Larkin<\/a> would both provide ideal offence in a rental situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Islanders have announced that their star centre, Mathew Barzal has an injury and will be out indefinitely. The injury is listed as a lower-body injury at this time. It appears as though he was injured in Sunday\u2019s contest with the Boston Bruins. He sustained an impact on his right leg. 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