Islanders blow lead and waste Ilya Sorokin’s heroics in loss to Devils

For everything that’s gone sideways for the Islanders in this month-old season, one thing has gone unequivocally and absolutely right. That is Ilya Sorokin.

For two periods on Saturday night, the goalie again carried the Islanders.

And then late in the third — with the game seemingly in hand — the Islanders collapsed, coughing up a two-goal lead and losing to the Devils 4-3 after Stefan Noesen tied the game late in regulation and Jack Hughes won it in overtime.