We missed the halfway mark by one game — the Islanders played match No. 42 on Tuesday against Dallas. Still, with the season a hair over 50 percent gone, now seemed like a good time for a report card.
Here are our grades for every Islander with more than 10 games played as they look to make a run to the playoffs.
Ilya Sorokin: A+
Sorokin is your first-half MVP, going away. It’s fair to say the Islanders wouldn’t be in the playoff race without Sorokin, whose 20.8 goals saved above expected ranks second in the league, per MoneyPuck, and who has bailed out the Islanders more times than anyone cares to count. He may soon add a Vezina Trophy to his cabinet.
