New York Islanders’ Ilya Sorokin has joined the exclusive club of goalie goal scorers – under the most unique circumstances.

It was late in the third period of New York’s game against Nashville on Saturday when the Predators – trailing 6-4 – were pressing in the Islanders’ end. Sorokin came up with a big save that rebounded a puck out to Nashville forward Steven Stamkos. He tried sending a pass back to the blueline that skipped past a teammate and went all the way into Nashville’s empty net.

The Predators fell to the Islanders, 7-4.

That final poor sequence by Nashville though resulted in Sorokin – as the last Islander to touch the puck – being credited with the first goal of his career. That made Sorokin just the second Islanders goalie with a goal to his name and one of only 17 NHL goalies to have scored.

“If I had shot it [into] the goal, it might be a different emotion,” joked Sorokin after the game. “But this was just luck. It was a good save before the [goal], though. I wasn’t sure I was the last one [to touch it]. It’s hockey; it happens.”

The Islanders’ win put Sorokin at 21-18-4 on the season, with a .905 save percentage, and 2.76 goals-against average.

Sorokin is the third NHL goalie to score a goal this season after Pittsburgh’s Alex Nedeljkovic tallied one against Buffalo on January 18 and Filip Gustavsson scored on St. Louis in October. This 2024-25 season is the first in NHL history where multiple goalies have been credited with goals.