Ilya Sorokin #30 of the New York Islanders makes a save against Cole Smith #36 of the Nashville Predators. NHLI via Getty Images “I think for periods when we were lighter, we kept the boat afloat.

Ilya Sorokin did not come out for the third period. NHLI via Getty Images Sorokin is the only Islanders goalie to be healthy all season, with Hogberg suffering a broken hand in January and Semyon ...

Vitaly Zhiryakov/AP Rabiner said that Ovechkin’s father channeled his unachieved sports aspirations through his son, which worked out beyond his imagination. Ovechkin has attained the greatest heights ...

If Ilya Sorokin had to give up a record-breaking goal, it’s unlikely there is anyone he’d rather have been on the other side of it than Alex Ovechkin.

Sorokin will be on the highlight reels and viral clips forever now as the goalie who gave up the career record-setter to Ovechkin, but he is also the goalie Ovechkin shouted out during his on-ice ...

As for the goal itself, Sorokin said he never saw it and was caught by surprise on where it got past him, even though it came from Ovechkin's usual spot from the left face-off circle.

Ilya Sorokin unlikely to get much rest during Islanders’ stretch run with workload concerns now moot By Ethan Sears Published March 17, 2025, 11:51 p.m. ET ...

It’s a hockey game. [Stuff] happens.” Sorokin, who stopped 23 of 27 shots in what wasn’t a particularly strong performance prior to the goal, said he never scored in his KHL career.

New York Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin got credit for a goal in the closing seconds of a 7-4 win Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t the type of goalie goal we’ve come to know in recent years, but ...

Ilya Sorokin makes a save during the Islanders-Flyers game on Jan. 30, 2025. AP In fact, Sorokin’s .938 save percentage in January marked his best over one month since March 2022.

ST. LOUIS — Ilya Sorokin had never undergone surgery before this summer, when his back was operated on. But to hear the goaltender tell it, it did not bother him at all that his normal training ...

Ilya Sorokin rejoined the Islanders for practice on Thursday, the first time he’s participated fully since undergoing back surgery over the summer, in a positive sign for his eventual availability.