Ilya Sorokin #31 of Russia comes out to the ice prior the game against USA at Ice Palace on May 22, 2016 in Moscow, Russia. Credit: Getty Images/Anna Sergeeva
The Islanders’ presumed goalie of the future, Russian Ilya Sorokin, joined the team for practice for the first time on Tuesday, though he is ineligible to play in either Wednesday night’s exhibition game against the Rangers at Toronto or when the season resumes on Saturday.
And before the puck drops at 8 p.m. on what figures to be a physical exhibition game at Scotiabank Arena, the New York rivals are likely to come together in a show of solidarity against social injustice and to honor the Black Lives Matter movement.