New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 20, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	2	34
Buffalo Sabres	3	32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

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

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:27	NYI	Mathew Barzal	Tripping	2
02:43	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	Hooking	2
05:01	NYI	Adam Pelech	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
04:24	NYI	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	Tripping	2
09:41	NYI	Marshall Warren	Delaying game puck over glass	2
18:33	BUF	Michael Kesselring	Slashing	2
Overtime
04:43	BUF	Alex Tuch	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	65	53	34	2	3.4	55.9
Buffalo Sabres	57	47	32	2	4.4	44.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 3.4 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.4 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

New York Islanders

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal · Simon Holmstrom	11:45	54.2	45.8	1-0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Jonathan Drouin · Emil Heineman	10:29	62.5	48.8	0-1
Casey Cizikas · Kyle MacLean · Marc Gatcomb	9:36	60.0	57.2	0-0
Anthony Duclair · Calum Ritchie · Maxim Tsyplakov	9:02	38.5	40.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Pelech · Tony DeAngelo	15:10	54.8	35.6	0-0
Ryan Pulock · Matthew Schaefer	12:06	39.1	19.9	0-1
Scott Mayfield · Marshall Warren	6:29	57.1	55.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Mathew Barzal	C	1	1	2	1	2	4	0	23:33	0.74	16-11	0.80-0.64
51	Emil Heineman	L	1	0	1	-1	0	10	4	18:49	0.50	19-11	0.77-0.64
48	Matthew Schaefer	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	23:36	0.30	17-15	0.60-1.32
72	Anders Lee	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	20:04	0.17	17-13	0.80-0.76
92	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	17:49	0.69	13-11	0.54-0.64
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	26:25	0.05	26-21	1.02-0.91
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	20:18	0.05	14-18	0.52-1.36
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:48		6-9	0.23-0.52
17	Marc Gatcomb	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11:14	0.25	12-8	0.44-0.33
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	17:48	0.01	18-8	1.17-0.30
32	Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:55		13-10	0.48-0.50
41	Marshall Warren	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	09:51	0.01	6-6	0.18-0.23
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	15:34	0.22	15-12	0.50-0.73
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:18	0.04	15-10	0.50-0.63
64	Calum Ritchie	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:57	0.15	6-9	0.22-0.39
72	Maxim Tsyplakov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:08	0.05	9-10	0.28-0.60
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	22:55	0.15	23-14	0.55-0.50
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:16	0.03	15-9	0.50-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	David Rittich	OTL	32	30	2	62:39	3.87	+1.87

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan	11:42	43.3	48.3	1-1
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	10:56	36.4	31.2	0-0
Alex Tuch · Josh Norris · Noah Ostlund	10:12	63.2	78.9	0-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne	7:35	45.5	67.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	14:17	52.4	67.7	1-0
Bowen Byram · Zach Metsa	11:38	50.0	61.9	0-0
Michael Kesselring · Owen Power	9:45	30.8	19.6	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	25:52	0.72	15-12	1.01-0.37
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	22:48	0.48	15-21	1.11-1.14
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	13:29		15-18	1.05-1.12
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	19:09	0.55	14-18	1.09-1.08
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:25	0.57	9-14	0.35-0.56
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	17:28	0.06	15-24	0.70-1.18
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:39	0.21	14-8	0.82-0.20
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:33	0.00	5-8	0.20-0.11
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:24	0.15	8-17	0.26-0.58
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24:12		13-14	0.73-0.36
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	22:49	0.32	14-17	0.95-0.50
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:05	0.09	12-25	0.44-1.27
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	08:55	0.11	5-8	0.20-0.11
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:20	0.09	5-8	0.20-0.11
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:06		8-15	0.26-0.56
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:05	0.21	12-12	0.68-0.36
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:42	0.06	12-10	0.71-0.21
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	21:06	0.39	14-11	0.75-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	W	34	32	2	64:55	3.28	+1.28