Ilya Sorokin ruins Carey Price’s return as Islanders down Canadiens 3-0
MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens misplaced however the Bell Centre crowd acclaimed Carey Price in his return from the second he jumped on the ice for warmups all the best way to the ultimate buzzer.
Worth gave up two targets on 19 pictures in Montreal’s 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders however followers stored cheering following each save.
“It was plenty of enjoyable. It made me really feel actually, I suppose, wished,” Worth mentioned. “It was undoubtedly emotional however I used to be capable of stifle that and keep targeted as a result of I wished to play properly tonight.”
Canadiens part-owner Micheal Andlauer gave his season tickets to Worth’s household to ensure that them to have the ability to watch the goaltender up shut.
“It didn’t really feel fairly regular however fairly shut,” Worth mentioned. “Positively having my household right here and having the ability to see them in warmups.”
“They have been capable of sit by the zamboni gate within the second interval in order that was plenty of enjoyable for me.”
The Canadiens (20-44-11) fought to get Worth a win in his first begin of the 12 months. The netminder solely confronted eight pictures within the first interval however mentioned he felt “an amazing sense of focus.”
“It was nearly best simply to have the ability to take the sport in with out being swarmed in the beginning,” Worth mentioned. “The blokes performed nice tonight, I assumed we deserved a greater destiny. I gotta tip my hat to the man on the different finish.”
Ilya Sorokin noticed a lot of the motion taking part in on the second evening of back-to-back video games. He made 44 saves to report the shutout whereas Zach Parise, Noah Dobson and Brock Nelson scored and New York (35-30-9) grabbed the win.
Islanders coach Barry Trotz mentioned The 26-year-old wasn’t scheduled to play however a non-COVID sickness hit Semyon Varlamov forcing Sorokin again in. Sorokin had blocked 30 pictures by the second intermission, greater than his 22-save tally in Thursday evening’s 6-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Trotz wasn’t stunned to see his netminder play the best way he did.
“As a result of he is performed that approach all 12 months,” Trotz mentioned about Sorokin. “So I wasn’t involved. We really feel fairly lucky that we go into most video games feeling our goaltender can match any goaltender on the opposite facet, even Carey.”
Along with his seventh shutout, Sorokin set an Islanders report for many shutouts in a single season. Trotz believes that if the Islanders weren’t all however eradicated from playoff rivalry, he would get Vezina trophy concerns.
For those who look again at among the earlier video games, he in all probability ought to have one other 4,” he mentioned. “We gave up by not defending the fitting approach or making only a catastrophic mistake within the final minute of video games that he had a shutout.”
Being in Montreal, Mike Bossy’s hometown, getting a win appeared a becoming tribute for the prolific goal-scorer following his passing.
After two scoreless intervals, the Islanders broke the ice which led to their victory.
“It was a becoming place to be,” Josh Bailey mentioned about being in Montreal. “We have been definitely motivated to play properly and attempt to get a win for him.”
Corey Schueneman turned the puck over within the offensive zone, main New York on the push. Matt Barzal mixed with Parise at 4:25 of the third interval for New York’s first aim of the sport.
“As a workforce, if you’re right here on a day like immediately,” mentioned Parise of Bossy’s passing. “The impression he had on the group, I believe there was undoubtedly additional motivation for us to get the win no matter how we did it.
“It wasn’t one of the best sport we performed all 12 months however we hung in there, had nice targets and I believe it was simply actually essential for us to get a win on a day like immediately.”
The floodgates opened for the guests at 6:09 when Dobson beat Worth with a shot from the fitting faceoff circle.
Nelson added the late empty-netter, sealing the Islanders’ 3-0 win.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 15, 2022.
Tristan D’Amours, The Canadian Press
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