BOSTON — Ilya Sorokin guarded one net during the Islanders’ optional morning skate at TD Garden on Monday while Semyon Varlamov and Cory Schneider took turns in the other net. That’s usually a good indicator of which goalie will start.
But so is which goalie leaves the ice first and it was Varlamov who departed for the Islanders’ dressing room before the other two.
"We know [Barry Trotz] is going to play a Russian goaltender," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "So we’ve got that narrowed down."
Whether deliberate gamesmanship or not, the Islanders were able to keep the Bruins guessing as to which goalie they would oppose in Monday night’s Game 2.