Born Aug 4, 1995 · Mezhdurechensk, Russia — Drafted 2014 · Rd 3, #18 overall
| SEASON | GP | W | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 56 | 25 | 3.01 | .909 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | 61 | 30 | 2.71 | .907 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | 55 | 29 | 2.68 | .906 | 7 |
| CAREER | 308 | 154 | 2.60 | .915 | 29 |
Ilya Sorokin
New York Islanders
#30
Age 30
G
2025-26 Season
Career Statistics
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYI | 55 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 2.68 | .906 | 7 |
| 2024-25 | Islanders | 61 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2.71 | .907 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Islanders | 56 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 3.01 | .909 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Islanders | 62 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 2.34 | .924 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | Islanders | 52 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2.40 | .925 | 7 |
| 2020-21 | Islanders | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2.17 | .918 | 3 |
| Career | 308 | 154 | 113 | 38 | 2.60 | .915 | 29 |
Born in Mezhdurechensk, Russia, on August 4, 1995, Ilya Sorokin was selected by the New York Islanders in the third round — 78th overall — of the 2014 NHL Draft. He arrived in the NHL six years later, making his debut with the Islanders in the shortened 2020-21 season, and has remained New York's starting goaltender ever since.
Sorokin's first NHL campaign covered 22 games, producing a 13-6 record with a 2.17 goals-against average, a .918 save percentage, and 3 shutouts. The following two seasons established him as one of the busiest goaltenders in the league. In 2021-22, he appeared in 52 games, posting a 2.40 GAA and a .925 save percentage with 7 shutouts. The 2022-23 season brought his clearest single-season statistical line: 62 games played, a 31-22 record, a 2.34 GAA, a .924 save percentage, and 6 shutouts.
The 2023-24 season saw Sorokin's GAA climb to 3.01 across 56 games, though his save percentage remained at .909 with 25 wins and 2 shutouts. He rebounded in 2024-25, appearing in 61 games — the most of his career at that point — and going 30-24 with a 2.71 GAA, a .907 save percentage, and 4 shutouts.
Through the first 55 games of the 2025-26 season, Sorokin carries a 29-24 record, a 2.68 GAA, a .906 save percentage, and 7 shutouts. In 308 career NHL regular-season appearances, he has accumulated 154 wins, a 2.60 GAA, a .915 save percentage, and 29 shutouts across 17,982 minutes of ice time.
The 2025-26 campaign drew attention from InGoal Magazine at the midpoint of the season. Writing in January 2026, InGoal's Kevin Woodley detailed how Sorokin's raw statistics — ninth in the NHL in save percentage at .915, twelfth in GAA at 2.47 at the time of publication — underrepresented what advanced metrics from Clear Sight Analytics were capturing. According to CSA's Goals Saved Above Expected model, which uses 34 data points including pre-shot passing and screens, Sorokin had accumulated a Goals Saved Above Expected total of 20.17 through January 12 — a figure that had already surpassed the 19.53 full-season total that earned Connor Hellebuyck both a second consecutive Vezina Trophy and the Hart Trophy the previous season [1].
The Clear Sight Analytics numbers place that performance in context: CSA calculated Sorokin's expected save percentage at .879, nine points below the NHL average, reflecting an Islanders defensive environment that placed an above-average load on the goaltender. Woodley's piece laid out the full scope of what the numbers showed — and what the mid-season Vezina conversation looked like from an advanced-metrics perspective — for InGoal members [1].
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