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 ...

Like Isles legend Billy Smith — the first NHL goalie ever credited with a goal — Sorokin simply made a save, while the ...

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 ...

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 goalie ...

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 ...

He has two years left on his deal and turns 36 next month, so it’s fair to wonder if this is it for the only Islanders goalie besides Billy Smith to win more than two playoff rounds. Varlamov ...