New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, Dec 31, 2015 · First Niagara Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

New York Islanders

2 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at First Niagara Center. Thomas Greiss made 42 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	1	1	2	33
BUF	0	0	1	1	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	09:35	NYI	PP	Frans Nielsen (14) · wrist	John Tavares (14), Nick Leddy (12)	1–0
3rd	01:07	NYI	EV	Nikolay Kulemin (5) · wrist	Kyle Okposo (19), Johnny Boychuk (11)	2–0
3rd	11:18	BUF	PP	Ryan O'Reilly (15) · wrist	Jack Eichel (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (18)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:20	NYI	Matt Martin	interference	2
1st	09:40	NYI	Anders Lee	cross checking	2
1st	10:46	NYI	Frans Nielsen	cross checking	2
2nd	08:37	BUF	Josh Gorges	holding	2
3rd	04:32	BUF	Brian Gionta	hooking	2
3rd	09:45	NYI	Anders Lee	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYI 2.24 · BUF 2.95 · xG% NYI 43.2

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2		22:30	22
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2		18:41	19
91	John Tavares	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	62.5	18:19	21
51	Frans Nielsen	C	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	1	50.0	18:19	25
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		17:36	25
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	16:18	21
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		23:40	24
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		21:18	21
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:05	21
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1		17:10	22
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:36	20
28	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		15:15	17
18	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		12:42	18
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.7	12:39	18
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	100.0	11:55	17
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		11:37	20
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	57.1	11:01	16
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		8:59	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Thomas Greiss	W	43	42	1	.977	59:47

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	1		25:47	28
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	46.2	22:14	23
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	60.0	20:17	18
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		24:06	26
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		22:11	26
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0	1	66.7	20:20	23
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2		17:36	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	40.0	17:30	19
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.0	17:19	21
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:17	19
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		16:56	25
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	50.0	13:36	16
46	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		12:34	19
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		12:01	16
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		11:55	17
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	60.0	9:18	13
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		9:11	15
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		8:49	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	L	33	31	2	.939	58:05