Sorokin, immediately following the goal, the third he allowed on just 14 shots, ended his night. Islanders Head Coach Patrick Roy yanked him just after calling him a “Ferrari.” That Ferrari is totalled, and appears to have no confidence in his play right now.
Postgame, Roy was measured, and when asked about Sorokin, simply said “We win and we lose as a team, so I’m not gonna go there.”
The first goal Sorokin allowed was scored just 4:46 into the first period, as the Hurricanes cycled around the zone, flinging pucks from the blue line and Brent Burns sent a floating shot that appeared to lightly deflect off of Mike Reilly, before touching the pad of Sorokin and scoring. It came as a result of the Islanders continuing to lose puck battles and chasing the game, and chasing is all they would do tonight.
After the Burns goal, the Islanders trailed for the remaining 55:14 of the game. Against the Hurricanes, it just isn’t a winning recipe.
Halfway through the first, Kyle Palmieri had the puck between the center red line and the Hurricanes blue line, and a chance to dump it in. Instead, he tried to send a pass to Brock Nelson, which got stolen. Andrei Svechnikov carried the puck into the zone, skated to the corner to the left of Sorokin, and found Dmitry Orlov at the top of the point who stepped in and fired a shot past Ilya Sorokin, who was way too deep in his net and should’ve stopped this shot, but the score read 2-0 Carolina.
