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Ilya Sorokin

#30 · Goalie · New York Islanders

Born Aug 4, 1995 in Mezhdurechensk, RUS (age 31) · 6'2", 195 lb · Catches left · Drafted 78th overall in 2014 by NYI (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Stolarz TOR · 2 GP, 0.904 Dan Vladar PHI · 2 GP, 0.863 Darcy Kuemper LAK · 2 GP, 0.825 Dustin Wolf CGY · 2 GP, 0.797 Jake Allen NJD · 2 GP, 0.875

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602020-21: 22 games2220-212021-22: 52 games5221-222022-23: 62 games6222-232023-24: 56 games5623-242024-25: 61 games6124-252025-26: 55 games5525-262026-27: 2 games226-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2020-21 NYI 22 563 517 46 0.918 $2M
2021-22 NYI 52 1643 1520 123 0.925 $4M
2022-23 NYI 62 1838 1699 140 0.924 $4M
2023-24 NYI 56 1821 1655 167 0.909 $4M
2024-25 NYI 61 1695 1538 158 0.907 $8.25M
2025-26 NYI 55 1530 1386 144 0.906 $8.25M
2026-27 NYI 2 63 61 2 0.968 $8.25M
7 seasons Career 310 9153 8376 780 0.915

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2020-21 NYI 7 230 212 18 0.922
2022-23 NYI 6 210 195 16 0.929
2023-24 NYI 1 14 11 3 0.786
3 seasons Playoffs 14 454 418 37 0.921

2026-27 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
2 63 61 2 0.968 1.00

Contract

$8.25MCap hitends in 2032, then UFA
$201KCap dollars per goal above replacement41.1 goals above replacement, projected
$12.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.5MValueworth less cap hit

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 64 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Islanders on Jul 1, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $66M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2031-32, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M NMC
2025-26 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M NMC
2026-27 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M NMC
2027-28 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M NMC
2028-29 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M M-NTC
2029-30 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M M-NTC
2030-31 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M M-NTC
2031-32 $8.25M $8.25M $0 $8.25M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2023 New York Islanders Extension 2024-25 to 2031-32 8 $66M $8.25M
Sep 1, 2021 New York Islanders New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $12M $4M
Jul 14, 2020 New York Islanders Extension 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $2M $2M
Jul 13, 2020 New York Islanders Entry-level 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $925K $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2026-27 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 2 games (+5.1 goals above replacement), plus the 56 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+41.1Goals above replacement1st of 64 goalies
+6.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+23.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 64 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly.

02040602020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

+4.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
6.4Expected goals againstfrom 93 unblocked attempts
2Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.968Save %0.898 expected from his shots
Goals saved +2.26 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 0 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0246Expected 6.4Allowed 2

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Oct 3, 2026 vs NJD W 6-0 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Sep 30, 2026 @ TOR L 1-2 26 24 2 0.923 57:56