Sorokin makes 42 saves, Islanders shut out Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS -- Ilya Sorokin made 42 saves for his second consecutive shutout, and the New York Islanders defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist, and Mathew Barzal scored for the Islanders (3-2-1), who extended their point streak to four games (3-0-1) after starting the season with two regulation losses.
"He's been outstanding," New York forward Casey Cizikas said of Sorokin. "He's won us games, he's kept us in games. Back-to-back shutouts to finish a road trip, that's big."
Sorokin made 26 saves in a 3-0 victory at the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.
"He's just a workhorse," Barzal said. "He's always doing something, stretching or skipping rope or cardio. For him to have the nights he has the last three, four games he did standing in for us was huge for us and our team, obviously."

The Golden Knights (1-4-0) have lost four straight games for the first time under coach Peter DeBoer, who was hired Jan. 15, 2020.
Robin Lehner made 24 saves for Vegas in his fifth consecutive start to begin the season.
"We're NHL players, [a] very good team organization," Lehner said. "Obviously, it [stinks] losing. No one likes it. But you know what, it's a bit of adversity that this team hasn't gone through yet. Good teams can dig themselves out."
The Islanders know about adversity. They played the sixth of 13 straight road games to begin the season before their home opener Nov. 20 against the Calgary Flames while waiting for the completion of their new arena, UBS Arena, in Elmont, New York.
"People forget we had six preseason games on the road too," coach Barry Trotz said. "We've been grinding through that. A long road trip, which we got off to a tough start, and we've sort of had to piece it together."
New York won't play again until Saturday, at the Nashville Predators.
Bailey gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 2:16 of the first period when he scored off the rebound of a shot by Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
"Tail end of a back-to-back, on a long trip, I think getting off to a quick start and getting the lead is certainly a good thing," Bailey said.

Barzal made it 2-0 at 7:33 of the third period when he scored with a high shot from a sharp angle after Bailey forced a turnover just inside the Vegas zone.
The Golden Knights went 0-for-2 on the power play and are 0-for-11 this season, the only team in the NHL without a power-play goal. Playing the past three games without injured forwards Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty (lower body for each) hasn't helped; Stone was first on Vegas with 34 power-play points the past two seasons, and Pacioretty's 31 were tied for second with defenseman Shea Theodore.
"It is what it is," DeBoer said. "It's not easy, but you have to look at the bright side, and the bright side is it's an opportunity for guys to jump into roles maybe they haven't had, opportunities for young guys to step in, opportunities for us to really test the depth of the organization."
NOTES: Sorokin has five shutouts in 27 NHL starts. ... It is the 22nd time in NHL history a goalie has had a shutout in back-to-back games on the road, first since Ondrej Pavelec for the Winnipeg Jets on April 6-7, 2015. ... Playing his 925th game for New York, Bailey (515 points; 163 goals, 352 assists) moved into 10th place in Islanders history in points, passing Bobby Nystrom (513 points in 900 games). ... Golden Knights defenseman Daniil Miromanov had two shots on goal and one blocked shot in 13:55 in his NHL debut. Miromanov played in place of Zach Whitecloud, who is week to week with an upper-body injury. … Vegas forward Nolan Patrick was a late scratch with an upper-body injury. He is day to day.