Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Jan 24, 2026 · UBS Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	5	21
New York Islanders	0	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
00:33	BUF	Jason Zucker (12)	Jack Quinn (19), Ryan McLeod (22)	1 - 0
19:47	BUF	Tage Thompson (27)	Zach Benson (18), Mattias Samuelsson (19)	2 - 0
3rd Period
00:25	BUF	Jason Zucker (13)	Ryan McLeod (23)	3 - 0
14:02	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin (8)	Peyton Krebs (15)	4 - 0
14:38	BUF	Alex Tuch (18)	Mattias Samuelsson (20), Michael Kesselring (1)	5 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:17	BUF	Alex Lyon	Hooking	2
2nd Period
01:18	NYI	Anders Lee	Tripping	2
11:46	NYI	Matthew Schaefer	Hooking	2
14:57	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Holding	2
3rd Period
15:24	BUF	Michael Kesselring	Cross checking	2
17:53	BUF	Zach Benson	Slashing	2
17:53	NYI	Scott Mayfield	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	47	32	21	5	2.3	51.8
New York Islanders	53	41	26	0	2.6	48.2

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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 5 scored · New York Islanders: 2.6 expected, 0 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

Buffalo Sabres

New York Islanders

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	9:21	50.0	61.6	2-0
Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson · Konsta Helenius	7:34	68.8	75.8	0-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan	5:58	30.8	35.1	0-0
Tage Thompson · Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson	4:57	40.0	10.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	11:01	42.9	53.2	2-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	10:10	63.2	68.8	0-0
Michael Kesselring · Owen Power	4:08	33.3	48.7	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
17	Jason Zucker	L	2	0	2	2	0	3	0	13:44	0.51	11-11	1.00-0.61
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	2	2	4	2	1	2	21:32	0.01	18-18	1.08-1.10
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	18:14	0.13	10-10	0.96-0.60
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	4	0	3	2	24:44	0.32	17-21	1.51-1.08
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	17:06	0.43	9-14	0.57-0.60
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	17:57	0.16	9-13	0.43-0.75
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	17:32		14-9	0.59-0.30
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	13:45	0.06	12-12	0.55-0.40
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	12:44		13-7	0.39-0.26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	13:12	0.26	10-12	0.96-0.70
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	21:18	0.09	15-11	0.72-0.36
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24:30	0.08	18-15	0.65-0.41
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:26		10-8	0.31-0.21
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	09:44		11-8	0.48-0.21
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:14	0.01	6-4	0.08-0.20
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:56	0.08	13-9	0.38-0.22
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:19		7-11	0.39-0.63
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:03	0.18	12-7	0.41-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	W, SO	26	26	0	60:00	2.48	+2.48

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Simon Holmstrom · Maxim Shabanov	10:50	53.8	47.9	0-1
Jonathan Drouin · Bo Horvat · Emil Heineman	10:44	52.2	40.1	0-1
Casey Cizikas · Kyle MacLean · Calum Ritchie	9:55	42.9	23.9	0-1
Anders Lee · Anthony Duclair · Mathew Barzal	8:16	45.8	44.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Pelech · Tony DeAngelo	12:08	58.3	43.0	0-2
Scott Mayfield · Matthew Schaefer	11:43	63.2	55.2	0-0
Adam Boqvist · Isaiah George	10:33	26.1	25.3	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

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
3	Adam Pelech	D	-3	0	1	3	20:26	0.01	15-13	0.74-1.17
11	Anthony Duclair	L	-1	0	0	0	12:15	0.06	11-17	0.59-0.74
13	Mathew Barzal	C	-1	0	0	0	12:45	0.04	12-17	0.68-0.74
14	Bo Horvat	C	-2	0	4	2	19:20	0.47	13-12	0.55-0.77
24	Scott Mayfield	D	-2	2	1	2	19:26	0.04	14-11	0.58-0.75
32	Kyle MacLean	C	-1	0	1	2	12:35	0.06	8-12	0.22-0.45
34	Adam Boqvist	D	0	0	0	2	15:54	0.10	9-19	0.30-0.56
36	Isaiah George	D	-1	0	0	0	13:56		7-19	0.26-0.61
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	-1	0	1	1	16:58	0.02	8-6	0.33-0.34
48	Matthew Schaefer	D	-1	2	1	1	23:14	0.09	18-11	0.83-0.51
49	Maxim Shabanov	R	-1	0	1	1	14:43	0.15	8-6	0.38-0.34
51	Emil Heineman	L	-2	0	6	3	16:36	0.46	15-11	0.63-0.72
53	Casey Cizikas	C	-1	0	1	3	12:43	0.04	7-8	0.20-0.44
64	Calum Ritchie	C	-2	0	3	3	15:01	0.10	6-8	0.14-0.44
72	Anders Lee	L	-1	2	3	1	11:28	0.41	12-13	0.68-0.73
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	-2	0	2	0	21:28	0.20	18-14	0.90-1.03
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	-2	0	0	0	17:18	0.05	12-11	0.48-0.72
92	Simon Holmstrom	R	-2	0	1	0	19:51	0.25	7-7	0.31-0.39

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	David Rittich	L	20	16	4	58:03	2.21	-1.79