The New York Islanders‘ first game of the year couldn’t have gone better. They posted a four-goal shutout against their rival New York Rangers and looked to build on that victory in the second game of the back-to-back.
Just weeks after head coach Barry Trotz announced that Semyon Varlamov would be the team’s number one goaltender and one day into the season, Varlamov was injured in warmups and Ilya Sorokin was forced to make his NHL debut.
Unfortunately, it was a first game to forget.
1st period: Welcome to the show, So
Ryan Pulock took a puck to the head and immediately went to the locker room.