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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 01:47 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (4) — Alex Lyon (1) PP 0-1
2 08:55 BUF Tage Thompson (18) — Josh Doan (14) , Peyton Krebs (10) EV 0-2
2 19:37 NYI Mathew Barzal (10) — Anders Lee (14) , Simon Holmstrom (8) EV 1-2
3 19:31 NYI Emil Heineman (12) — Mathew Barzal (19) , Matthew Schaefer (15) PP 2-2
SO 00:00 NYI Mathew Barzal EV 2-2
SO 00:00 BUF Jack Quinn EV 2-2
SO 00:00 BUF Josh Norris EV 2-2

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 01:27 NYI Mathew Barzal Tripping 2
1 02:43 BUF Beck Malenstyn Hooking 2
1 05:01 NYI Adam Pelech Delaying Game Puck Over Glass 2
3 04:24 NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau Tripping 2
3 09:41 NYI Marshall Warren Delaying Game Puck Over Glass 2
3 18:33 BUF Michael Kesselring Slashing 2
OT 04:43 BUF Alex Tuch Tripping 2

Team Statistics

Statistic New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres
Shots 34 32
Faceoff % 55.0% 45.0%
Hits 25 18
Blocked Shots 8 11
Giveaways 20 17
Takeaways 4 5

Skaters

New York Islanders

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
7 Maxim Tsyplakov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 12:08
10 Simon Holmstrom R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 24 17:49
11 Anthony Duclair L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 10:48
13 Mathew Barzal C 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 23 23:33
16 Marc Gatcomb C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 16 11:14
27 Anders Lee L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 21 20:04
29 Jonathan Drouin L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 17:16
32 Kyle MacLean C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 13:55
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 0 0 0 25 15:34
51 Emil Heineman L 1 0 1 -1 0 10 4 1 1 0 22 18:49
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 23 16:18
64 Calum Ritchie C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 18 12:57
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 30 26:25
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 2 0 26 20:18
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 26 17:48
41 Marshall Warren D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 18 09:51
48 Matthew Schaefer D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 1 2 2 27 23:36
77 Tony DeAngelo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 26 22:55

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 20 18:25
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 22 19:39
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 09:33
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 13:29
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 19 15:24
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 13 08:55
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 13 10:20
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24 17:06
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 25 22:48
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 19 14:42
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 23 21:06
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 22 19:09
4 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 25 22:49
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 3 1 0 24 17:28
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 27 24:12
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 1 0 22 17:05
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 29 25:52
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 14:05

Goalies

New York Islanders

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
30 Ilya Sorokin 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
33 David Rittich 32 30 2 .938 25/26 5/6 0/0 62:39

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
34 Alex Lyon 34 32 2 .941 31/32 0/1 1/1 64:55