Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders looks on from the bench against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Three of the First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nassau Coliseum on May 20, 2021. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Barry Trotz has said the beauty of having two good goaltenders is that he cannot make a bad decision regarding which one to start.
Usually true. Not now.
There is only one good decision for Saturday’s Game 4 of a first-round series against the Penguins, and it is to go back to rookie Ilya Sorokin, who won Game 1 before Semyon Varlamov presided over losses in Games 2 and 3.