OTTAWA — The Islanders looked uninspiring and discombobulated for long stretches Saturday. Goaltender Ilya Sorokin offered little proof that his early-season struggles are behind him.

At the end of a wild, back-and-forth afternoon, though, they had shown gumption and resilience to work through the pile of mess and emerge with a 5-4 win over the Senators following a third-period comeback punctuated by Anders Lee’s game-winner.

Despite having another rough afternoon, Sorokin did help set the stage for the comeback when, with the Islanders trailing 4-3 early in the third, he turned aside Shane Pinto’s penalty shot, which had been awarded after Matthew Schaefer tripped the Long Island native on a short-handed breakaway.

Just a few minutes later, the game was tied at four when Kyle Palmieri

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