With no other Islanders touching the puck after Sorokin’s save, he is given credit for the own goal with about 12 seconds remaining in the game. Sorokin joins Hockey Hall of Famer Billy Smith as ...

Scored but with no more time [left]. It would have been nice.” Billy Smith was the first Islanders goalie to score on Nov. 28, 1979. It was almost an identical goal, as Smith was the last ...

Isles GM Lou Lamoriello says he knows the team needs to get younger — but how will they accomplish that this offseason?

Billy Smith allowed five on eight shots in 21:56 ... when they visit the Rangers and host the Jets. Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 223 consecutive games.

It wasn’t the type of goalie goal we’ve come to know in recent years, but it still goes down as the first one for the Islanders since Billy Smith did it on Dec. 28, 1979. With the Predators ...

It was two years ago that best friends and rivaling competitors Ilya Sorokin and Igor Shesterkin competed in the NHL All-Star Skills competition together.

When you think of icons in the New York Islanders’ history, the usual names from the dynasty come up. Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Al Arbour, and Bill Torrey come to mind, and they are ...

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Ilya Sorokin was credited with the 20th goalie goal in NHL history, and the New York Islanders defeated the Nashville Predators 7-4 at UBS Arena on Saturday.

It was the first goal of his career as he became the second Islanders goalie to score after Hall of Famer Billy Smith. Nelson, who extended his point streak to five games (three goals, four ...

Billy Smith also scored a goal for the Islanders and was the first goalie in NHL history to ever be credited with one. Like Sorokin's goal, it was also the result of an own goal. Of the 20 ...