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

Sorokin, who has lost his last four starts in search of career win No. 100, fell 1-0 in an overtime shutout loss the last time the Islanders faced the Blues, making 29 saves on 30 shots. Joel Hofer was in goal for the Blues. Sorokin is 3-1-1 with a 2.19 GAA and .923 SV% against the Blues in five career starts.

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 ...