New York Islanders 2 — 4 Buffalo Sabres
2021-05-03 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NYI | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | 15 | 17 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Houser start | BUF | W | 34 | 36 | 2 | 31/33 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Semyon Varlamov start | NYI | L | 36 | 39 | 3 | 30/32 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 58:28 |
NYI skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Pelech | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:42 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 |
| Josh Bailey | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| Kyle Palmieri | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:41 |
| Scott Mayfield | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:34 |
| Brock Nelson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 |
| Matt Martin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 |
| Casey Cizikas | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:21 |
| Travis Zajac | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| Leo Komarov | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:48 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:22 |
| Nick Leddy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:58 |
| Jordan Eberle | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| Mathew Barzal | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| Andy Greene | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19:12 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20:04 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:34 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:19 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:08 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19:12 |
| Will Borgen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16:43 |
| Anders Bjork | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| Drake Caggiula | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:40 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2025-26 | NYI | 3 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-01-24 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | NYI | 0 | |
| 2025-12-20 | 2025-26 | NYI | 2 | BUF | 3 | SO |
| 2024-12-23 | 2024-25 | BUF | 7 | NYI | 1 | |
| 2024-11-30 | 2024-25 | BUF | 0 | NYI | 3 | |
| 2024-11-01 | 2024-25 | NYI | 4 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2024-03-14 | 2023-24 | NYI | 0 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2023-10-21 | 2023-24 | NYI | 1 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2023-10-14 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | NYI | 3 | |
| 2023-03-25 | 2022-23 | BUF | 2 | NYI | 0 |