The New York Islanders are coming off the unlikeliest of wins.
They played some of the worst hockey they’ve played this season in Game 5, but were carried by their goaltender, Ilya Sorokin, and were able to take advantage of a few mistakes by the Pittsburgh Penguins to get the win in double overtime.
The Islanders have been bailed out by goaltending on both sides in this series. Sorokin has been phenomenal for them and Tristan Jarry has been quite the opposite for the Penguins, giving the Islanders the advantage.
In the third period of Game 5, rookie Oliver Wahlstrom went down after an ugly hit and had to be helped off the ice.