Islanders’ Marcus Hogberg comes up big in place of ailing Ilya Sorokin

SALT LAKE CITY — The Islanders had a disaster in the crease on Saturday, but Marcus Hogberg got through it. Hogberg, the organization's third-string netminder, had been on reserve since early December when Semyon Varlamov was injured, but he was called back for just the second time after Ilya Sorokin became ill and missed the […]

Islanders, Ilya Sorokin beat Senators for rare back-to-back wins

The Islanders have won just eight games in regulation. The Islanders struggled throughout November. The Islanders' special teams are notoriously terrible, and the third period is no different. The Islanders somehow manage to qualify for the playoffs. Perhaps that says more about the state of the Eastern Conference than anything else. On December 8, 2024, […]

Ilya Sorokin was unbothered by surgery-altered preseason

ST. LOUIS — Ilya Sorokin had never had surgery before having back surgery this summer. But to hear the goaltender tell it, he didn't mind at all that Sorokin's regular training program was interrupted because he didn't return to Islanders practice until the end of training camp. “It's not difficult. It's just new,” Sorokin told […]

Backup Marcus Hogberg shows Islanders have insurance behind Ilya Sorokin

Like most people who buy insurance, the Islanders hoped they would never need it. But the stakes are a little higher than anyone would have liked, as Marcus Hogberg, likely to be the team's No. 3 goaltender this season, made his preseason debut on Sunday, in part because Ilya Sorokin has not participated in training […]

Islanders reveal Ilya Sorokin injury ahead of training camp

The noise all around Ilya Sorokin sounded like sobbing. Sorokin suffered an upper-body injury during summer workouts but is not expected to miss an extended period of time, general manager Lou Lamoriello said Friday. Lamoriello said Sorokin could miss a few days of training camp, but there are no current concerns about the season itself. […]

Ilya Sorokin absent from veterans skate in Islanders mystery

Ilya Sorokin did not take part in the Islanders' informal veteran skate following rookie camp on Thursday. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman speculated on the “32 Thoughts” podcast last week that Sorokin was “fighting something,” but it wasn't clear what that was. Sorokin attended Matt Martin's charity poker tournament earlier this week and posed for photos with […]