Perhaps at times the Islanders weren’t as disciplined or defensively sound as they’d like it to be. It didn’t matter. They had Ilya Sorokin.
The goalie brilliantly denied several odd-man rushes in making 26 saves as the Islanders welcomed back coach Barry Trotz from COVID-19 protocol with a 4-1 victory over the reeling Flyers on Monday night at UBS Arena to conclude a 5-1-1 homestand.
The teams, who play three times in nine days, conclude this home-and-home series on Tuesday night at Philadelphia.
