It’s now a best-of-three.
The Islanders tied their first-round series against the Penguins at two games apiece with a dominating, 4-1, win on Saturday afternoon at Nassau Coliseum before a sell-out and loud crowd of 6,800. That included new Jets quarterback Zach Wilson and some of his teammates in Islanders’ jerseys.
Coach Barry Trotz started rookie goalie Ilya Sorokin after Semyon Varlamov was in net the last two games, including a shaky, 22-save outing in Thursday night’s wild, 5-4 loss in Game 3 at the Coliseum. Sorokin had made 39 saves in the Islanders’ 4-3 win in Game 1 in Pittsburgh.