Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin makes a save against the Senators in the second period of an NHL game at UBS Arena on Feb. 1. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The Islanders staked Ilya Sorokin to a five-goal, first-period lead and matched their season-high for goals. But they still needed their goalie’s brilliance to steer clear of a second straight brutal defeat.
Instead, the Islanders ultimately held off the Canucks’ surge through the second period and most of the third to open a four-game road trip with a 6-3 win on Wednesday night at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
"It was massive," Mathew Barzal said of the Islanders’ quick start.