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The National Hockey League announced today that New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin is a finalist for the 2026 Vezina Trophy, given annually to the NHL’s best goaltender. The winner is selected by the 32 NHL General Managers.
After being drafted #3 overall in the 2025 NHL Draft, Anton Frondell made his debut against the New York Islanders. From his first assist, to his first goal, Anton came in and made a lasting impression.
Hear from Alexander Romanov, JG Pageau and Ilya Sorokin at the #Isles Breakup Day after the 2025-26 Season.
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Matthew Schaefer ties NHL history — and here’s every goal. The New York Islanders rookie defenseman scores 23 goals, matching Brian Leetch (1988-89) for the most goals ever by a rookie blueliner in a single season. From power-play blasts to clutch moments, Schaefer delivers one of the most impressive rookie campaigns in recent memory. Watch all 23 goals from a historic season.
Mark Jankowski scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as the Hurricanes defeated the Islanders. Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for Carolina, and Brandon Bussi made 28 saves to help Carolina finish atop the Eastern Conference. The Canes will face Ottawa in the first round of the playoffs.
CAR 2, NYI 1Watch full game NHL highlights from the matchup between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders on April 14, 2026, condensing all the action to get you up to speed in a flash, where Mark Jankowski found the twine for the Hurricanes and Bo Horvat scored his 300th career goal for the Islanders 00:00 1st Period 03:58 2nd Period 08:16 3rd Period ▶️ Subscribe now: https://youtube.com/nhl Breaking news, scores, stats, analysis & real-time highlights: https://www.nhl.com
CAR 2, NYI 1Going into the Christmas break with a win! | Photo by Cato Cataldo/NHLI via Getty Images
Romanov has progressed nicely. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
It warms my heart to see sad ‘Canes. | Photo by Josh Lavallee/NHLI via Getty Images
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Noah Norris? | Photo by John McCreary/NHLI via Getty Images
These guys were big tonight. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
So much orange and blue where we go. | Photo by Lawrence Scott/Getty Images
Yeah, yeah, whatever man. | Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images
Guys, they can’t do everything. | Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images
It was a really critical game for the Islanders the last time these two teams saw one another. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Quite the battle, this one was. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
“They brought their TOYS with them!” | Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Parise won’t be in tonight, but might he be soon? | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Rejoice, rejoice, Simon Holmstrom. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Shorthanded for the win. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
| Metropolitan | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricanes | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | 296 | 240 |
| Penguins | 41 | 25 | 16 | 98 | 293 | 268 |
| Flyers | 43 | 27 | 12 | 98 | 250 | 243 |
| Capitals | 43 | 30 | 9 | 95 | 263 | 244 |
| Blue Jackets | 40 | 30 | 12 | 92 | 253 | 253 |
| Islanders | 43 | 34 | 5 | 91 | 233 | 241 |
| Devils | 42 | 37 | 3 | 87 | 230 | 254 |
| Rangers | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | 238 | 250 |
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