Leddy, Sorokin help Islanders defeat Flyers in OT

3 years ago  /  NHL.com  /  Read Time: 3 minutes 16 seconds

  • It was Leddy's second goal of the season and first in 36 games.
  • Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for New York (28-13-4), which had lost two in a row.
  • "We don't win that hockey game if he doesn't have that first period he did," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said.
  • Sorokin started for the second straight game, something he's done one other time all season.
  • Sorokin was at his best in the second period when he made 15 saves, including four on the Flyers' lone power play of the game.
  • how quick he is back there without really putting himself out of position," New York defenseman Ryan Pulock said.
  • "He's moving around quick but he's still calm and he's in the right spots and he gives himself a chance to make those saves.
  • Philadelphia outshot New York 23-13 through the second period.
  • Leddy's goal was the Islanders' first in 159:26, dating to a goal by Travis Zajac at 2:56 of the second period of a 4-1 loss at the Bruins on Thursday.
  • 3, 2020, against the Islanders in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Second Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs
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