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Final · March 31, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

New York Islanders3
Buffalo Sabres4

Shots on goal : NYI 28 — BUF 33 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

NYIGame statsBUF

28Shots on goal33
54 %Faceoff win %46 %
1/3Power play2/4
15Penalty minutes13
26Hits25
10Blocked shots15
12Giveaways19
6Takeaways1

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
NYI691328
BUF1271433

Season seriesNYI 0 – 3 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← NYI 3 / 28 / 374 / 33 / 54 BUF →
Missed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 06:03 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 06:10 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 07:52 · wristMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 09:09 · tip-inMissed shot — Bo Horvat (NYI), P1 10:24 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 13:28 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 15:52 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:15 · backhandMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 19:31 · tip-inMissed shot — Matthew Schaefer (NYI), P1 19:56 · slapMissed shot — Kyle MacLean (NYI), P2 02:09 · tip-inMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 04:00 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:33 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 07:39 · tip-inMissed shot — Logan Stanley (BUF), P2 07:45 · slapMissed shot — Casey Cizikas (NYI), P2 08:54 · wristMissed shot — Logan Stanley (BUF), P2 09:40 · snapMissed shot — Adam Pelech (NYI), P2 16:18 · backhandMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 19:05 · snapMissed shot — Zach Metsa (BUF), P3 04:22 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 04:26 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 06:10 · snapMissed shot — Brayden Schenn (NYI), P3 08:55 · wristMissed shot — Matthew Schaefer (NYI), P3 10:06 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 14:40 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 15:53 · tip-inMissed shot — Adam Pelech (NYI), P3 17:23 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 18:19 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 18:26 · wristMissed shot — Bo Horvat (NYI), P3 19:20 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 00:58 · snapShot on goal — Emil Heineman (NYI), P1 01:13 · wristShot on goal — Matthew Schaefer (NYI), P1 01:51 · wristShot on goal — Adam Boqvist (NYI), P1 02:09 · wristShot on goal — Marc Gatcomb (NYI), P1 03:43 · tip-inShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 04:28 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 04:31 · wristShot on goal — Adam Boqvist (NYI), P1 08:51 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 09:14 · slapShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P1 09:42 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 11:58 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 14:07 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 14:08 · wristShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P1 14:31 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 14:54 · backhandShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 16:34 · slapShot on goal — Ryan Pulock (NYI), P1 19:46 · slapShot on goal — Bo Horvat (NYI), P2 02:49 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 04:07 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 04:23 · snapShot on goal — Casey Cizikas (NYI), P2 04:41 · wristShot on goal — Anders Lee (NYI), P2 06:34 · backhandShot on goal — Ondrej Palat (NYI), P2 11:10 · backhandShot on goal — Ryan Pulock (NYI), P2 11:46 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 12:32 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 12:33 · wristShot on goal — Marc Gatcomb (NYI), P2 13:11 · wristShot on goal — Ondrej Palat (NYI), P2 15:24 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 16:41 · snapShot on goal — Bo Horvat (NYI), P2 17:46 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 18:51 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 19:47 · tip-inShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 00:31 · tip-inShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P3 01:26 · snapShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P3 04:17 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 05:58 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 06:04 · snapShot on goal — Bo Horvat (NYI), P3 06:47 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 07:24 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 07:46 · wristShot on goal — Matthew Schaefer (NYI), P3 09:24 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 12:08 · snapShot on goal — Adam Boqvist (NYI), P3 13:09 · wristShot on goal — Matthew Schaefer (NYI), P3 14:51 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 16:10 · snapShot on goal — Adam Pelech (NYI), P3 17:13 · wristShot on goal — Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI), P3 17:15 · wristShot on goal — Adam Pelech (NYI), P3 17:16 · wristShot on goal — Mathew Barzal (NYI), P3 17:30 · backhandShot on goal — Mathew Barzal (NYI), P3 18:04 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 18:34 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 18:48 · slapShot on goal — Matthew Schaefer (NYI), P3 19:19 · wristShot on goal — Mathew Barzal (NYI), P3 19:50 · wristGoal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 14:19 · wristGoal — Calum Ritchie (NYI), P2 17:57 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 02:40 · wristGoal — Anders Lee (NYI), P3 13:39 · wristGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 16:59 · snapGoal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 18:17 · wristGoal — Brayden Schenn (NYI), P3 19:59 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 00:41NYICarson Soucy — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson
  • 01:31BUFJosh Norris — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Matthew Schaefer
  • 13:58NYIAdam Pelech — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Josh Doan

2nd period

  • 02:18NYICasey Cizikas — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Bowen Byram
  • 06:34BUFOwen Power — Ps slash on breakaway · drawn by Anders Lee
  • 17:41BUFMattias Samuelsson — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

3rd period

  • 00:01NYIAnders Lee — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Sam Carrick
  • 00:01BUFSam Carrick — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Anders Lee
  • 01:28NYICarson Soucy — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 08:45BUFJosh Norris — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Scott Mayfield
  • 08:45NYIScott Mayfield — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris
  • 08:45BUFJosh Norris — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Scott Mayfield

Box score

New York Islanders

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
B. SchennC1101318:54
A. DuclairL0000011:29
M. BarzalC0103020:24
B. HorvatC0303121:22
M. GatcombC0002311:07
A. LeeL1012414:10
K. MacLeanC0000512:18
J. PageauC0001215:19
E. HeinemanL0001215:21
C. CizikasC0001313:17
C. RitchieC1001016:33
O. PalatL00-12111:42
A. PelechD0002121:17
C. SoucyD00-10019:22
R. PulockD0012019:17
S. MayfieldD0000112:01
A. BoqvistD0003013:02
M. SchaeferD0104029:40
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
I. Sorokin(L)29/3290.6 %57:52
D. Rittich0/0—00:00

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0014113:02
J. NorrisC0211215:04
S. CarrickC0001106:47
J. GreenwayL0000011:13
J. ZuckerL00-12115:32
P. KrebsC1001517:37
J. QuinnR11-17316:11
B. MalenstynL0002311:20
R. McLeodC00-12018:38
T. ThompsonC1103121:31
A. TuchR0100320:25
J. DoanR0011113:17
B. ByramD1002122:14
M. SamuelssonD0101322:44
O. PowerD00-21019:16
R. DahlinD0013023:14
L. StanleyD0001013:54
Z. MetsaD0011014:04
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)25/2889.3 %59:41
A. Lyon0/0—00:00

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