Sorokin Ties Islanders Shutout Record With 32-Save Win at Lightning

Overview

• New York beat Tampa Bay 2–0 on the road as Ilya Sorokin posted his third shutout of the season and 25th of his NHL regular-season career.
• Sorokin matched Glenn Resch for the Islanders’ franchise lead with 25 career regular-season shutouts.
• The NHL named Sorokin the Third Star of the Day, with Florida’s Sam Bennett first and Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon second.
• Tampa Bay was without leading scorer Nikita Kucherov and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy due to injuries.
• At the time of the report, the Lightning led the Atlantic Division with 34 points in 28 games, and the Islanders were third in the Metropolitan with 35 points in 29 games.