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Horvat scored a goal on two shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Senators. Horvat followed up his hat trick from Thursday with a game-tying tally in Saturday's contest. He evened the score at 2-2 in the second period,
Roy confirmed that Ilya Sorokin will start on Saturday against the Ottawa Senators. Sorokin is 0-3-0 this season with 4.18 GAA and an .854 SV%. Lifetime, Sorokin is 4-0-1 against the Senators with a 1.97 GAA and an .942 SV%. Roy offered some advice to Sorokin on the mental side of things.
“The ultimate goal is to win the Stanley Cup, bring a Stanley Cup back here,” Horvat told Newsday following Tuesday’s lengthy practice at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow. “That was the whole reason coming here and signing here. I believe in this team. I believe in the organization.
All through training camp, the refrain coming from the Islanders’ dressing room was that if they had only had a functioning power play last season, they likely would have been in the playoffs.
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