NYHN Daily: Islanders Escape Philly With OT Win, Sorokin Stellar, & More

The New York Islanders escaped Philadelphia last night with a 1-0 overtime win over the Flyers. Islanders rookie netminder Ilya Sorokin was electric in goal as he bailed his team out all night long. Braydon Coburn slotted in for Noah Dobson as he made his Islander debut. These stories and more on today’s daily links!

Nick Leddy scored the game-winning goal 2:23 into overtime by putting the puck into the net off the stick of Travis Sanheim to lead the New York Islanders to a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. (NYI Hockey Now)

Sorokin put on another masterful performance on Sunday night, stealing the New York Islanders a much-needed two points against the Philadelphia Flyers. The 25-year-old rookie withstood a barrage of Philadelphia chances throughout the 60-plus minute affair. (NYI Hockey Now)

Josh Bailey and Cal Clutterbuck were unavailable for the second consecutive game for Barry Trotz and the New York Islanders. Neither one of their ailments has been disclosed by the Islanders. (NYI Hockey Now)

Islanders head coach Barry Trotz wanted to get a look at newly acquired defenseman Braydon Coburn. He also wants to see more out of his younger players through the grind of this playoff push. Second-year defenseman Noah Dobson came out of the lineup for Coburn in Sunday night’s 1-0 overtime win in Philadelphia. It marked the first time this season that Trotz altered his top six defensemen by choice. Dobson missed eight games because of COVID-19 protocols. (Newsday)

Here are the Talking Points from the Boston Bruins 6-3 win over the Washington Capitals at TD Garden on Sunday afternoon. (Boston Hockey Now)

Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson is a former first-round draft pick, a player who can score, defend teammates, and impact the game with bone-crunching hits. He also has a problem with crossing the line from legal to illegal hits and appeared to do more than just flirt with that line again on Sunday against the Boston Bruins. (Pittsburgh Hockey Now)

The Philadelphia Flyers held this season’s Hockey Fight Cancer night on Sunday against the Islanders. They didn’t win the game, unfortunately, as the Islanders took it in overtime on a bit of a fluky goal. However, that doesn’t take away the special night for Oskar Lindblom. It was Oskar Lindblom’s night and that was evident from the jump. (Philly Hockey Now)

Putting up three goals in the opening frame against Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is a good way to kick off a Saturday night and it certainly was for the Panthers. The Panthers got early goals from Brandon Montour, Sasha Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau and let Sergei Bobrovsky do his thing as Florida held on for a 5-3 win over the host Lightning. (Florida Hockey Now)

While there is always a lot of attention placed on the Vegas Golden Knights top six forwards, the second half of the lineup has not-so-quietly been making its mark for the team over the course of a six-game win streak. Once again on Sunday in a 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks, the bottom six forwards chipped in offensively. Nic Roy scored for the third time in four games and Alex Tuch sealed the victory into an empty net for his 16th goal of the season, also his third in the last four games. (Vegas Hockey Now)

Patrick Marleau is no longer the player he once was. But he continues to accomplish feats and he is doing what he loves (San Jose Hockey Now)

The Vancouver Canucks returned from an 18-day pause due to a COVID-19 outbreak and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in overtime at Rogers Arena on Sunday. (NHL.com)

Patrick Marleau broke into his trademark wry grin when asked to identify his most vivid memory from his first NHL game 24 years ago. (NHL.com)