In Las Vegas, Ilya Sorokin made 42 saves and the New York Islanders defeated the Golden Knight, 2-0, on Sunday evening.
“He’s (Sorokin) been outstanding,” New York’s Casey Cizikas said. “He’s won us games, he’s kept us in games. Back-to-back shutouts to finish a road trip, that’s big.”
Josh Bailey scored in the first period to stake the Isles to a 2-1 lead.
New York improved to 3-2-1.
“He’s (Sorokin) just a workhorse,” Barzal said. “He’s always doing something, stretching or skipping rope or cardio. For him to have the nights he has the last three, four games he did standing in for us was huge for us and our team, obviously.”
After starting the season with a win, the Knights have lost four straight.
“It is what it is,” Vegas’ head coach Peter DeBoer said. “It’s not easy, but you have to look at the bright side, and the bright side is it’s an opportunity for guys to jump into roles maybe they haven’t had, opportunities for young guys to step in, opportunities for us to really test the depth of the organization.”
Mathew Barzal added an insurance goal in the third period.
“People forget we had six preseason games on the road too,” Islanders’ head coach Barry Trotz said. “We’ve been grinding through that. A long road trip, which we got off to a tough start, and we’ve sort of had to piece it together.”
Robin Lehner made 24 saves in the Vegas loss.
“We’re NHL players, [a] very good team organization,” Lehner said. “Obviously, it [stinks] losing. No one likes it. But you know what, it’s a bit of adversity that this team hasn’t gone through yet. Good teams can dig themselves out.”
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