LAS VEGAS — The value of a player like Matt Martin sometimes becomes more clear when he’s not in the lineup. That was the case in Colorado on Tuesday after Samuel Girard laid out Robert ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Matt Martin says he feels good enough to play, but that was not enough for him to be inserted back into the lineup on Saturday in the Islanders’ last game before the holiday break.

PITTSBURGH — Patrick Roy had already left the building by the time Matt Martin came off the ice Tuesday morning at PPG Paints Arena. So had most of the Islanders. That’s not abnormal so much ...