EAST MEADOW, NY -- New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin is at the top of his game, and head coach Patrick Roy is rewarding him with the final two starts before the NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off.

The Islanders’ current six-game winning streak doesn’t quite feel like past runs when Sorokin has been the only thing between them and disaster on a nightly basis. The defense in front of him has been strong, particularly a dramatically improved penalty kill.

Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin has been dominant between the pipes, and he was just named the NHL's First Star of the Week. Sorokin went a perfect 3-0-0 to help New York increase their winning streak to seven games before it was snapped with a loss to the Florida Panthers on Sunday.