New York Islanders center Brock Nelson celebrates after scoring against the Minnesota Wild during the second period of a Feb. 8 game in St. Paul, Minn.

Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOW There haven’t been many Battles of New York in recent memory with as many playoff implications as the last couple games between the Rangers and Islanders.

The New York Islanders were 7-4 winners over the Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon, and Brock Nelson was one of their big stars in the win with a pair of goals. But there was a very surprising and unexpected name on their goal-scorer list for the game.

New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin was credited with his first career goal when Nashville Predators forward Steven Stamkos sent a pass into his own net in the final seconds of New York’s 7-4 v

The New York Rangers must follow up their convincing victory against Nashville Predators with one against New York Islanders 24 hours later.