If the Islanders have a playoff run in them, then Ilya Sorokin’s burden will be even greater than it has already become.
, the Isles occupied the first wild-card spot in the standings on Tuesday morning. But with six teams in the race separated by five points, hanging onto it will not be easy, especially with Barzal not expected to return soon.
There was also his stoning of Teddy Blueger on a one-on-none breakaway at the start of the third, along with a string of saves with the Penguins skating at six-on-five, in full desperation mode before Brock Nelson’s empty-net goal sealed it. And 18 first-period saves when the ice seemed tilted against the Islanders.
He also might be in line to get a run of consecutive starts after Semyon Varlamov struggled in a 6-2 loss on Saturday in Boston. The Islanders don’t play back-to-back games again until March 14-15 in Los Angeles and Anaheim, and have a series of four-point games in the week leading up to that trip. Sorokin started eight games straight earlier this season when Varlamov got hurt.
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