Trade deadline pickup Pierre Engvall scored, Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves and the Isles took another stride toward returning to the playoffs by beating the Capitals in a shootout Wednesday night.
took another stride toward returning to the playoffs by beating the Washington Capitals 2-1 in a shootout Wednesday night.
Sorokin again was crucial for New York, stopping two of three shooters in the shootout after some key saves before that. The All-Star goaltender improved to 8-1-1 in his last 10 games, a stretch in which he has stopped 263 of 286 shots. The Islanders have gone 11-4-2 since top center and second-leading scorer Mathew Barzal went down with a lower-body injury.
The Islanders return April 10, by which time they could be in position to clinch a playoff berth — their fourth in five years. New York reached the East final in 2020 and 2021 before a combination of a lengthy opening road trip and a series of injuries and virus absences derailed last season.
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