UNIONDALE, New York — From start to finish Saturday at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Ilya Sorokin showed an abundance of one thing: poise.
The 25-year-old rookie goaltender got the start in Game 4 of the New York Islanders' first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins after Semyon Varlamov was in the net for a losing effort in Game 3. Sorokin had been fantastic in the first game in Pittsburgh, saving 39 of the 42 shots he faced.
Sorokin made a quick save 61 seconds into the game, stopping Kasperi Kapanen. It wasn't a particularly acrobatic save, but it was a puck he needed to stop.