Per usual, the Islanders did it the hard way, allowing the Blues to threaten their way back into the game after the Isles had the edge and a 2-0 lead heading into the third period

Career-wise, Binnington has played very well against the Islanders, sporting a 1.99 GAA and a .927 SV% in seven games. But he has yet to beat Sorokin in two starts, stopping 43 of

Ilya Sorokin, who earned his 100th victory, was on his game, too, recording a big-time stop on Nathan Walker late in the second to preserve the two-goal lead heading into the third. Any notion that the Islanders would ride that feeling into a ...