Islanders center Mathew Barzal looks on against the Hurricanes in the first period at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on March 7. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Mathew Barzal was celebrating beating his mother at cards.
Hard.
“I think yesterday was my tipping point, I was going a little crazy,” the Islanders center said Friday on a conference call. “I think I played an hour of pingpong and I didn’t let up on my dad once. Then I was playing crib and beat my mom a couple of times. I was celly-ing in the kitchen and really enjoying my wins.