New York Islanders 3 — 4 Buffalo Sabres
2026-03-31 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NYI | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | 13 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 25 | 28 | 3 | 21/23 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 59:41 |
| Ilya Sorokin start | NYI | L | 29 | 32 | 3 | 25/26 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 57:52 |
NYI skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Horvat | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 |
| Brayden Schenn | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:54 |
| Matthew Schaefer | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29:40 |
| Mathew Barzal | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 |
| Anders Lee | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:10 |
| Calum Ritchie | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Marc Gatcomb | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11:07 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:17 |
| Adam Pelech | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:17 |
| Ondrej Palat | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:42 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:19 |
| Casey Cizikas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:17 |
| Emil Heineman | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:21 |
| Kyle MacLean | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:18 |
| Carson Soucy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| Anthony Duclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| Scott Mayfield | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:01 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Quinn | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:31 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22:14 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:37 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22:44 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20:25 |
| Zach Benson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:14 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:38 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:20 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| Sam Carrick | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:47 |
| Logan Stanley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:54 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:16 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:13 |
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 |