New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres
Tue, Mar 31, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2025–26 Regular Season
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–33.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| NYI | 3 | 28 |
| BUF | 4 | 33 |
New York Islanders
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Bo Horvat | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 52.2 | 21:22 | 25 |
| 10 | Brayden Schenn | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57.1 | 18:54 | 20 |
| 48 | Matthew Schaefer | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29:40 | 29 | |
| 13 | Mathew Barzal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 | 23 | |
| 64 | Calum Ritchie | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 | 20 | |
| 27 | Anders Lee | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14:10 | 18 | |
| 3 | Adam Pelech | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21:17 | 31 | |
| 4 | Carson Soucy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 | 31 | |
| 6 | Ryan Pulock | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 | 30 | |
| 51 | Emil Heineman | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:21 | 22 | |
| 44 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55.6 | 15:19 | 22 |
| 53 | Casey Cizikas | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 55.6 | 13:17 | 19 |
| 34 | Adam Boqvist | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 | 20 | |
| 32 | Kyle MacLean | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 12:18 | 15 |
| 24 | Scott Mayfield | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:01 | 17 | |
| 81 | Ondrej Palat | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:42 | 15 | |
| 11 | Anthony Duclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 | 16 | |
| 16 | Marc Gatcomb | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11:07 | 15 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Ilya Sorokin | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 57:52 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 | 21:31 | 24 |
| 22 | Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16:11 | 22 | |
| 9 | Josh Norris | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 15:04 | 22 |
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22:44 | 27 | |
| 4 | Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22:14 | 25 | |
| 89 | Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100.0 | 20:25 | 24 |
| 19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 25.0 | 17:37 | 21 |
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:14 | 26 | |
| 25 | Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 | 24 | |
| 71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44.4 | 18:38 | 27 |
| 17 | Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 15:32 | 21 |
| 73 | Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 | 15 | |
| 64 | Logan Stanley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 | 18 | |
| 91 | Josh Doan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:17 | 20 | |
| 6 | Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13:02 | 20 | |
| 29 | Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 11:20 | 17 |
| 12 | Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:13 | 17 | |
| 10 | Sam Carrick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 | 6:47 | 13 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:41 |