Here are three takeaways from the Islanders’ 1-1-1 start: Ilya Sorokin, entering the first season of an eight-year, $66 million deal, missed all six preseason games and most of training camp after needing offseason back surgery.

It is way too early to start breaking down statistical rankings, but the trend through the first three games of the Islanders season is in keeping with the trend from the final 37 of last season. That is to say,

The New York Islanders will not have to play their next home game looking for their first win because they achieved it on the road against the Colorado Avalanche last night. And they didn’t steal it;