Long Island has embraced Matthew Schaefer as one of its own, but the Martin family has literally taken him in.

Schaefer, the Islanders’ 18-year-old rookie sensation and No. 1 overall pick in June’s NHL Draft, is living with Matt Martin , the longtime Islander fourth-liner and now a special assistant to general manager Mathieu Darche.

Martin and his wife, Sydney Esiason Martin, already had a full house with four young children — each 5 or younger. Now they have added a teenager, one who is gaining fame by the day and quickly becoming part of the family dynamic.

“He met Matt right after the draft, so he instantly, I think, just took a connection to him,” Sydney said Wednesday morning on “ Boomer & Gio ,” her father Boomer Esiason’s WFAN radio show. “They are like buds, and he was

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