Newsday · Nov 7, 2021
Ilya Sorokin gets third shutout in Islanders' win over Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Islanders’ goaltender rotation will take its first spin of 2021-22 this weekend.
But before Semyon Varlamov gets his first start against the Wild in Minnesota on Sunday night, Ilya Sorokin got the nod for the ninth time in a row Saturday against the Jets at Canada Life Centre and made the most of it.
Sorokin shut out Winnipeg, 2-0, extending the Islanders’ point streak to seven games and ending the Jets’ at eight. The Islanders are 5-2-2 in their season-opening stretch of 13 road games.
"He’s so steady back there," Anders Lee said of the 26-year-old Russian goalie. "You can just see it in his eyes how calm he is back there, how poised he is. He’s never out of a save."