Mathew Barzal scored in overtime, Ilya Sorokin stopped 32 of the 34 shots he faced and the Islanders edged the Devils 3-2 on Monday night.

A coaching change ignited Ilya Sorokin's stellar play, now propelling the Islanders' critical road trip with game-saving heroics.

It felt like a given that the puck was going to end up in the back of the net when Bo Horvat received a pass from Kyle Palmieri alone between the circles in front of New Jersey Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom,

The Isles currently have nine different players with at least 10 points, and Bo Horvat is among the league leaders with 11 goals in 15 contests. The Devils are right to be favored on Monday night, but their statistical profile tells us that they’re going to be overvalued for the foreseeable future.

Bo Horvat continued his torrid goal-scoring pace with two more – including one on the power play – to give him 11 in 15 games.

Ilya Sorokin is back, looking like the Vezina Trophy-caliber goaltender that the New York Islanders had leaned on in years past. Just don’t tell him that. “No, please,” Sorokin said with a chuckle after stopping 33 of 35 shots in the Islanders’ 3-2 overtime win in New Jersey against the Devils on Monday night.

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Kashawn Aitcheson, the 17th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, was handed the ban by the Ontario Hockey League after he was caught throwing water at a fan who appeared to be chastising his Barrie Colts teammates as they came off the ice after a shootout loss to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on Saturday.

Aitcheson records his first career hat trick in the same period and Gazmin pitches back-to-back shutouts in this week’s Islanders Prospect Report