Ilya Sorokin

Ilya Sorokin was born on August 4, 1995, in Mezhdurechensk, Russia, and was selected by the New York Islanders in the third round of the 2014 NHL Draft, 18th pick of that round. The 6'3", 189-pound left-catching goaltender wears number 30 for New York.

Through 307 career NHL games, Sorokin carries a .915 save percentage and a 2.59 goals-against average, with 29 shutouts and a record of 154 wins, 112 losses, and 38 overtime losses.

In the 2025-26 season, Sorokin drew attention at the midway point for numbers that went well beyond what conventional statistics reflected. InGoal Magazine has covered Ilya Sorokin in one InGoal article.

Writing for InGoal in January 2026, Kevin Woodley detailed Myth-Busters 2025-26 Mid-Season Awards with Clear Sight Analytics how Sorokin's mid-season Goals Saved Above Expected total of 20.17 — as tracked by Clear Sight Analytics through games on January 12 — had already surpassed the 19.53 full-season total that earned Connor Hellebuyck the Vezina Trophy and Hart Trophy the previous season. That figure was more than double the totals posted by third-place Spencer Knight (8.88) and fourth-place Igor Shesterkin (8.81) at the same point. Logan Thompson of Washington was second at 15.93.

The article noted that Sorokin's raw save percentage of .915 ranked ninth in the NHL at that juncture, and his goals-against average of 2.47 ranked twelfth — numbers that, in Woodley's framing, did not accurately reflect the shot environment Sorokin was operating in. Clear Sight Analytics calculated Sorokin's expected save percentage at .879, nine points below the NHL average, a figure that had risen from as low as .870 through the season's first month. As the article explained, CSA's methodology uses 34 points of data — including pre-shot passing and screens — to measure shot quality and compare each goalie's results to how an NHL average goalie would be expected to perform against the same shots Myth-Busters 2025-26 Mid-Season Awards with Clear Sight Analytics.

Among the additional breakdowns from that mid-season report: Sorokin ranked second in the NHL against high-danger scoring chances at plus 8.3 percent, behind only MacKenzie Blackwood and Dennis Hildeby, while seeing roughly twice as many such chances as either. He led all qualified goalies in positive game percentage at 85.2 percent, was tied for second in CSA's "Stolen Wins" category with three, and had the lowest combined total of "bad" or "blown" games among all starting goalies in the NHL, with two of each Myth-Busters 2025-26 Mid-Season Awards with Clear Sight Analytics.

In the 2025-26 season to date, across 54 games, Sorokin has posted 29 wins, 23 losses, 2 overtime losses, a 2.65 goals-against average, a .907 save percentage, and 7 shutouts over 3,169:13 of ice time, facing 1,508 shots against.