Bo Horvats Islanders chemistry with Mathew Barzal keeps improving: ‘Way better’

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Bo Horvat was still on vacation at Disneyland, parsing through the news that he had been traded to the Islanders, when the first question came to him about playing with Mat Barzal.

I have a ton of respect for Mats game, Horvat said that night. His ability to make plays and pass the puck, hes got a lot of offensive talent. I think I can complement that with some two-way play. If we do get the opportunity to play together, Id enjoy that.

Spoiler: They got the chance to play together.

Outside of the games last season that Barzal missed with a suspected knee injury, they have in fact done nothing but play together.

This was a trade made with the express purpose of pairing Barzal and Horvat, a logic that has never looked better than Thursday nights 7-3 win over the Blue Jackets.

Bo_Horvats_Islanders_chemistry_with_Mathew_Barzal_keeps_improving___Way_better Bo Horvat celebrates his first goal of the third period against the Columbus Blue Jackets and is joined by Mathew Barzal. Getty ImagesHorvat and Barzal both finished the game with a pair of goals.

Both assisted each other once.

Barzal added a secondary assist on a power play goal a set play from a faceoff that Horvat won.

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Check out more newslettersI would say its way better now than last year, Barzal said of the chemistry between the two. I thought before I got hurt, he had just come in, we created a few goals. But I dont think the actual quality was as good as it is right now.

It just seems like every time we get a scoring chance, it ends up in the back of the net. Thats the great thing playing with an opportunist like Bo. You give him a chance or two, he puts it in the back of the net. Thats what we saw tonight.

Thursday was not an isolated incident.

Barzal has 11 points in his last four games and 27 in 24 matches this season to match the best pace of his career.

Horvat has points in four straight and is slightly ahead of the pace that led to his career-high 70 points last year.

I think before Barz got hurt last year, we were starting to feel this way and then we didnt pick it up quite the way we wanted to in that playoff series, said Anders Lee, who has played to Horvats left on the top line for the last five games. I dont want to look back on it too much, but right now is the most important thing and were building out our game. Lets just keep building on that and keep working and using each others strengths.

Bo_Horvats_Islanders_chemistry_with_Mathew_Barzal_keeps_improving___Way_better Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee have coninued developing their chemistry with the Islanders, alongside Bo Horvat. Corey Sipkin for the NY POSTIn the 30 regular-season games they have played together, that is something Barzal and Horvat have excelled in doing.

At five-on-five, they have played 381:54 together since the trade, not counting the playoffs when Barzal was not quite himself upon return from injury.

In that span, the Islanders have accounted for a 61.29 percent goals share with a 53.88 expected goals share, per Natural Stat Trick.

Barzals confidence, he says, is as high as its been in years.

Playing with Horvat, who is arguably the most gifted linemate Barzal has ever had, has more than made up for shifting Barzal away from his natural position.

Our group can play with anybody and outscore anybody, Barzal said Thursday night.

Thats not how the Islanders would have been characterized by anyone over the last five years.

But for better or worse, its been their path to winning this year.

That starts with Horvat and Barzal.

I thought they clicked very, very well in the third period, theres no question about it, coach Lane Lambert said. Is it as good as Ive seen them? I dont know.

They may only get better from here.

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