Ilya Sorokin
Age 31 · Catches left · 6′2″ · 195 lb · Born Mezhdurechensk, RUS
Drafted 2014, #78 overall by NY Islanders
2025-262025-26: 55 games, 29-24-2, .906 save %, 2.68 GAA Season detail →
Ilya Sorokin has a .968 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .906 in 55 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sampleA .968 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in save %
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.968). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Seventy-seven points of save percentage above the league at even strength
2 starts in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
29.1 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .947 save percentage from the slot, 3rd of 38 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieAgainst Chicago, 0 wins in 1
CHIL 3-4121.91737:46
NYRW 5-200—0:00
NJDW 6-03701.00060:00
TORW 2-1262.92357:567.3% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
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ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
A .906 save percentage over 55 games, top-15% in shutouts
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.906). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Eight points of save percentage above the league at even strength
54 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
29.1 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .839 save percentage from the slot, 17th of 61 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 61 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 27 of 54 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against Chicago, 0 wins in 1
CHIL 3-4121.91737:46
MTLL 1-4224.81856:57
OTTL 0-3152.86756:57TORW 5-3163.81359:32
CARL 3-4404.90056:38
PHIL 1-4214.81052:50
BUFL 3-4323.90657:52
PITL 3-8297.75947:54
FLAW 5-2212.90560:00
DALW 2-1271.96360:00CHIL 3-4121.91737:46NYRW 5-200—0:00NJDW 6-03701.00060:00TORW 2-1262.92357:56Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
7.3% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$8.25M a season through 2031-32
In 2025-26 he saved +3.53 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 11th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With NY Islanders
Seven seasons · 2020-21 to 2026-271st in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
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Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, all with the Islanders
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct