Sorokin and Garand stopped 28 of 29. Only one got a win.

Ilya Sorokin and Dylan Garand each stopped 28 of 29 shots Saturday. Sorokin's Islanders beat Toronto 4-1. Garand's Rangers lost 1-0 in overtime at Columbus. Put those save lines side by side and the difference is plain: the Islanders gave their goaltender four goals, while the Rangers never supplied one.

Buffalo's night offered a third variation. The Sabres came back from 3-1 down in Montreal, reached overtime and lost 4-3 when Cole Caufield scored 54 seconds into the extra period. The recovery earned a standings point. It did not finish the game.

The Islanders supplied the goals

Anthony Duclair opened the Islanders' scoring, Bo Horvat added a goal and an assist, and Simon Holmstrom scored twice, including an empty-netter. Toronto's 29 shots exceeded New York's 20. The result is a reminder that shot volume does not establish who finished better, or that a winning team spent the whole night in control.

The win also carries an availability question. NHL.com reports Calum Ritchie and Matias Maccelli left injured; coach Peter DeBoer had no further update. Their next-game status remains unsettled. That uncertainty belongs alongside the result, without a guessed diagnosis or return date.

The Rangers could not find one

In Columbus, both teams finished with 29 shots. Jet Greaves stopped every Rangers attempt. Kent Johnson scored at 3:26 of overtime, with assists credited to Zach Werenski and Charlie Coyle. The Rangers went through regulation without conceding, yet could not turn that defensive work into a lead.

All three Rangers power plays came in the third period, and none produced a goal. That is the clearest missed opportunity in the official record. Garand kept New York level long enough for the offense to decide it; Columbus eventually did the deciding. One shutout loss does not settle the Rangers' offensive quality, but this one cannot fairly be hung on their goaltender.

Buffalo recovered a point, then lost the second

Josh Norris scored first for Buffalo before Montreal built its two-goal lead. Jack Quinn's short-handed goal in the second period and Tage Thompson's third-period equalizer made it 3-3. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen finished with 30 saves on 34 shots. Caufield, who had also scored in the first, supplied Montreal's overtime winner.

These are three separate games, not a ranking of the goalies. Sorokin had scoring support; Garand did not; Luukkonen's team repaired a deficit before losing in overtime. The useful judgment comes from keeping the saves, the scoring and the result together. New Jersey's separate 4-2 loss at Washington is covered in our October 17 Devils report.