Recap
Islanders blank Devils 6-0 behind Sorokin's 37 saves
The New York Islanders shut out the New Jersey Devils 6-0 on Saturday at UBS Arena. After a scoreless first period, New York scored three goals in the second and three more in the third, never trailing along the way. Simon Holmstrom opened the scoring at 3:32 of the second, and Brayden Schenn, Bo Horvat on the power play, Victor Eklund, Ondrej Palat and Casey Cizikas, shorthanded, followed. Every goal was the scorer's first of the season.
Ilya Sorokin stopped all 37 shots he faced for the win and was named the game's second star, while Nico Daws made 26 saves on 32 shots in the loss. The Devils outshot the Islanders 37-32 but went 0 for 5 on the power play; New York finished 1 for 3. Eklund, the first star, and Schenn, the third star, each had a goal and an assist, as did Holmstrom and Cizikas. Both teams are 1-1-0 after the game, the first of four meetings between them this season.
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