The plan was always to start rookie goalie Ilya Sorokin on Saturday, but he had some shaky moments in the Islanders’ 6-3 loss to the Capitals at Nassau Coliseum.
Semyon Varlamov had made 28 saves in Thursday’s 1-0 shootout loss to the Capitals and also had a shutout in the teams’ previous game, stopping 29 shots in a 1-0 win at the Coliseum on April 6.
"We had talked about it quite a while ago that this would be Ilya’s game," Barry Trotz said. "We didn’t change. Ilya played a real strong game his last game. So I’m not too concerned.