New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, May 4, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 4

Final/SO

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in a shootout on Tue, May 4, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Anders Bjork scored twice. Michael Houser made 45 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 48–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
NYI	1	2	0	0	0	3	48
BUF	1	1	1	0	1	4	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	15:59	BUF	EV	Cody Eakin (3) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (7), Drake Caggiula (7)	0–1
1st	16:25	NYI	EV	Anthony Beauvillier (14) · wrist	Josh Bailey (26), Brock Nelson (14)	1–1
2nd	03:44	NYI	EV	Ryan Pulock (2) · wrist	Cal Clutterbuck (7), Ross Johnston (1)	2–1
2nd	09:16	NYI	SH	Cal Clutterbuck (4) · wrist	Unassisted	3–1
2nd	17:37	BUF	EV	Anders Bjork (4) · tip-in	Colin Miller (7), Victor Olofsson (18)	3–2
3rd	10:56	BUF	EV	Anders Bjork (5) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (19)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:36	BUF	Victor Olofsson	holding the stick	2
2nd	07:19	NYI	Jordan Eberle	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYI 3.27 · BUF 1.72 · xG% NYI 65.6

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	3	1		13:53	15
6	Ryan Pulock	D	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	1		23:19	26
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	3	0	46.2	18:05	22
18	Anthony Beauvillier	L	1	0	1	+1	0	7	0	0		17:28	22
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		16:56	22
32	Ross Johnston	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0		11:29	12
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		24:00	26
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		23:30	22
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		20:54	20
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	61.5	18:08	21
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		16:57	19
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	72.2	16:12	23
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		15:59	19
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	3		15:54	22
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		15:47	20
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		15:15	18
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	0	100.0	14:54	17
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	75.0	14:20	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	OTL	31	28	3	.903	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Anders Bjork	L	2	0	2	+2	0	3	2	1		21:14	22
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	2	2	+2	2	4	1	1		18:53	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		15:36	18
20	Cody Eakin	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	2	57.1	13:27	18
91	Drake Caggiula	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		12:17	15
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		11:35	15
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	1		26:37	23
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		23:19	21
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		21:43	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	21.4	21:08	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	33.3	19:43	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		18:55	18
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:30	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:28	21
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:45	21
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	20.0	12:42	18
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	50.0	12:41	17
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	1	100.0	12:27	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Michael Houser	W	48	45	3	.938	65:00