Ilya Sorokin’s 30 saves backstop the Islanders to a 5-2 win over Avalanche

By Denis P. Gorman

Simon Holmstrom scored doubly and added an assist, and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves to pb the New York Islanders to a 5-2 triumph implicit the Colorado Avalanche connected Tuesday night.

Bo Horvat, Anders Lee and Alexander Romanov besides scored for New York, which has won five-in-a-row.

Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 23 saves and Artturi Lehkonen and Jack Drury scored for the Avalanche.

Tied 1-1 entering the 3rd period, New York scored 4 goals. Horvat’s 18th of the play with 8:37 near was the crippled winner.

Lee opened the scoring with his team-leading 22nd extremity of the play 4:11 into the 2nd play by slipping a slick backhander betwixt Blackwood’s pads. Lehkonen drew the Avalanche adjacent with 7 minutes near successful the play by swatting Nathan MacKinnon’s provender implicit Sorokin’s blocker portion sitting successful beforehand of the New York goaltender.

Takeaways
Avalanche: If Colorado does not suffice for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they mightiness beryllium capable to look backmost astatine this contention arsenic 1 of the reasons why. The Avalanche could lone negociate to gaffe 2 pucks past Sorokin contempt having advantages successful shots connected extremity (32-28) and attempted shots (84-50).

Islanders: Scott Perunovich made his debut with New York, who acquired the defenseman successful a trade with St. Louis connected Monday. Perunovich finished with 1 assist.

Key moment
The teams went into the archetypal intermission successful a goalless necktie mostly owed to the play of Sorokin. New York’s goaltender made 14 saves successful the opening 20 minutes, including 11 successful the 2nd fractional of the archetypal period.

Key stat
New York killed some of Colorado’s powerfulness plays.

Up next
The Islanders statesman a three-game, four-day roadworthy travel Thursday against Philadelphia. The Avalanche unfastened a two-game homestand Friday against St. Louis.