Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Thu, Mar 4, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 5

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Matt Martin scored twice. Ilya Sorokin made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 18–45.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	18
NYI	2	1	2	5	45

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:25	NYI	EV	Noah Dobson (2) · wrist	Jordan Eberle (5), Mathew Barzal (12)	0–1
1st	16:21	NYI	EV	Matt Martin (3) · wrist	Casey Cizikas (4), Cal Clutterbuck (5)	0–2
2nd	03:08	BUF	EV	Taylor Hall (2) · wrist	Cody Eakin (2)	1–2
2nd	14:58	NYI	EV	Anthony Beauvillier (2) · backhand	Brock Nelson (5), Josh Bailey (11)	1–3
3rd	03:14	NYI	EV	Jordan Eberle (9) · wrist	Anders Lee (6)	1–4
3rd	07:23	BUF	PP	Rasmus Ristolainen (3) · wrist	Jack Eichel (14), Sam Reinhart (8)	2–4
3rd	14:28	NYI	EV	Matt Martin (4) · wrist	Casey Cizikas (5)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:05	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	19:34	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	holding	2
3rd	06:17	NYI	Anders Lee	roughing	2
3rd	06:17	BUF	Colin Miller	roughing	2
3rd	12:00	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.88 · NYI 4.15 · xG% BUF 31.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	0	1	-3	4	3	2	0		18:54	24
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	1	33.3	17:48	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		17:44	18
4	Taylor Hall	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		15:09	18
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	55.6	11:56	17
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	2		24:10	23
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		21:48	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		18:52	23
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-4	0	0	1	0		18:42	21
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0		18:31	21
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		16:30	18
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	100.0	15:39	20
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	28.6	14:50	18
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	57.1	14:25	20
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	12:59	19
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		11:56	16
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		11:48	15
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:46	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jonas Johansson	L	45	40	5	.889	59:33

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Jordan Eberle	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0		16:24	20
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	75.0	12:29	19
17	Matt Martin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	5	1	1		11:30	16
8	Noah Dobson	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0		18:20	19
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2		18:18	20
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	58.3	16:50	21
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	37.5	16:50	21
27	Anders Lee	L	0	1	1	+1	2	4	1	0	100.0	15:39	19
18	Anthony Beauvillier	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		15:09	17
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	5	1		13:41	19
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		22:58	23
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	47.1	18:45	20
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		18:37	20
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0	1		18:13	21
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		18:10	20
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1		17:40	19
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		16:15	21
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		12:14	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	W	18	16	2	.889	59:58