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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 31, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 3 28
Buffalo Sabres 4 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:19 BUF Jack Quinn (18) PP Josh Norris (16) 0 - 1
2nd Period
17:57 NYI Calum Ritchie (12) PP Brayden Schenn (21), Bo Horvat (23) 1 - 1
3rd Period
02:40 BUF Tage Thompson (38) PP Josh Norris (17), Jack Quinn (31) 1 - 2
13:39 NYI Anders Lee (18) Bo Horvat (24), Matthew Schaefer (35) 2 - 2
16:59 BUF Peyton Krebs (11) Alex Tuch (31), Tage Thompson (40) 2 - 3
18:17 BUF Bowen Byram (11) Mattias Samuelsson (28) 2 - 4
19:59 NYI Brayden Schenn (17) Mathew Barzal (49), Bo Horvat (25) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:41 NYI Carson Soucy High sticking 2
01:31 BUF Josh Norris Interference 2
13:58 NYI Adam Pelech High sticking 2
2nd Period
02:18 NYI Casey Cizikas High sticking 2
06:34 BUF Owen Power Ps slash on breakaway 0
17:41 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
00:01 NYI Anders Lee Fighting 5
00:01 BUF Sam Carrick Fighting 5
01:28 NYI Carson Soucy Hooking 2
08:45 BUF Josh Norris Roughing 2
08:45 NYI Scott Mayfield Roughing 2
08:45 BUF Josh Norris Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 53 37 28 3 2.1 41.2
Buffalo Sabres 64 54 33 4 5.0 58.8

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNew York Islanders ahead

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: 2.1 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 5.0 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNYI goal, 17:57 of 2nd, a 21% chanceNYI goal, 13:39 of 3rd, a 1% chanceNYI goal, 19:59 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 14:19 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 2:40 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 16:59 of 3rd, a 20% chanceBUF goal, 18:17 of 3rd, a 43% chanceBUF 5.0NYI 2.1

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden Schenn · Anthony Duclair · Mathew Barzal10:1730.813.30-0
Casey Cizikas · Kyle MacLean · Marc Gatcomb9:0840.047.20-0
Ondrej Palat · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Calum Ritchie9:0756.348.60-0
Anders Lee · Bo Horvat · Emil Heineman8:4842.914.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Pulock · Matthew Schaefer12:2844.033.01-0
Adam Pelech · Carson Soucy11:2437.523.00-0
Scott Mayfield · Adam Boqvist8:0226.716.50-0

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
14 Bo Horvat C 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 21:22 0.33 12-19 0.09-1.27
10 Brayden Schenn C 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 18:54 0.24 5-16 0.18-1.04
64 Calum Ritchie C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:33 0.21 11-12 0.35-0.57
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 1 5 2 4 14:10 0.14 8-15 0.07-0.58
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:24 0.15 8-15 0.15-1.24
48 Matthew Schaefer D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 29:40 0.32 15-26 0.37-1.32
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:17 0.08 15-12 0.27-0.59
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:17 0.02 14-14 0.31-0.62
7 Carson Soucy D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 19:22 9-17 0.17-1.16
11 Anthony Duclair L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:29 5-10 0.18-0.94
17 Marc Gatcomb C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:07 0.10 4-11 0.16-0.32
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:01 6-14 0.17-1.14
32 Kyle MacLean C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:18 0.07 6-9 0.17-0.33
34 Adam Boqvist D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:02 0.20 11-15 0.33-1.08
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:19 0.03 16-9 0.37-0.60
51 Emil Heineman L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:21 0.03 10-13 0.14-0.79
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:17 0.01 9-11 0.19-0.68
81 Ondrej Palat L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:42 0.18 11-12 0.36-0.76
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ilya Sorokin L 32 29 3 57:52 3.59 +0.59

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs13:3456.080.21-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn10:2461.981.20-1
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson8:2861.579.00-0
Sam Carrick · Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn4:5650.081.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power13:2054.558.20-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin12:3155.689.20-0
Logan Stanley · Zach Metsa10:4152.668.60-0

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Jack Quinn R 1 1 2 -1 0 7 3 16:11 0.56 14-10 0.72-0.25
72 Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 21:31 0.62 19-12 0.93-0.21
9 Josh Norris C 0 2 2 1 6 1 2 15:04 0.10 9-8 0.75-0.20
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 17:37 0.20 16-12 0.87-0.28
24 Bowen Byram D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 22:14 0.22 18-14 1.00-0.38
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 22:44 0.09 21-12 1.31-0.13
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 20:25 0.23 20-13 1.14-0.21
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 13:02 0.54 13-6 0.99-0.18
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:54 0.08 14-11 0.57-0.21
10 Sam Carrick C 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 06:47 0.16 5-4 0.31-0.17
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:13 7-8 0.42-0.16
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:32 0.09 14-9 0.72-0.25
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:16 0.12 17-12 0.63-0.46
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:14 0.22 16-10 1.57-0.14
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:20 0.21 7-8 0.42-0.16
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:38 0.14 17-10 1.00-0.16
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:04 0.02 13-11 0.70-0.28
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:17 0.15 10-5 0.95-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 28 25 3 59:41 2.01 -0.99