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 ...

One moment Matt Martin was joking about his emotions, saying his wife would be happy to hear him say he was feeling something ahead of what’s presumed to be his last home game with the Islanders.

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 ...