Ilya Sorokin’s prowess powers Islanders to strong road win over Oilers

EDMONTON, Alberta — Put this one on the Vezina Trophy résumé for Ilya Sorokin.

And, as a matter of fact, put it on some teach tape for defensive zone structure, too.

The Islanders didn’t have much by way of offense Thursday night in Alberta. But they escaped Edmonton with two points and a 1-0 win over an Oilers squad that had them outgunned all night thanks to the way they bore down in their own zone before finally hitting pay dirt.

“We gave it our all, we battled,” Matthew Schaefer told The Post after he and Ryan Pulock drew the matchup with Connor McDavid and helped snap No. 97’s 20-game point streak. “We gotta stop their top two lines ’cause those are where a lot of the power comes from for their team. When they’re going, everyone’s going there. So we had to make some big plays there. Sorokie played a great game.”

This was a night, and maybe the first such night since Bo Horvat was injured for the second time, when you could see just how much the Islanders are missing their leading scorer.

Horvat, who went off on New Year’s Day with a lower-body injury similar to the one that caused him to miss time in December, was originally supposed to join them for this entire trip and perhaps play by the end of it. Over halfway through, he’s still rehabbing in New York with the Islanders choosing to play it cautiously instead.