Sunday, December 31, 1995 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Islanders 5 at Sabres 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
6:30
Alexander Semak
(13)
Craig Darby (1), Niklas Andersson (2)
NYI 1 – 0 BUF
-
13:16
Donald Audette
(11)
PPG
Randy Burridge (15), Derek Plante (9)
NYI 1 – 1 BUF
-
17:24
Todd Bertuzzi
(8)
Marty Mcinnis (15)
NYI 2 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
-
7:16
Scott Pearson
(1)
Michael Peca (6), Charlie Huddy (3)
NYI 2 – 2 BUF
-
12:24
Wendel Clark
(18)
Ziggy Palffy (19), Chris Luongo (2)
NYI 3 – 2 BUF
-
12:42
Marty Mcinnis
(3)
Derek King (15), Travis Green (17)
NYI 4 – 2 BUF
-
19:29
Danton Cole
(1)
Derek King (16), Brent Severyn (5)
NYI 5 – 2 BUF
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Mcinnis L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1.98 |
| Derek King L | 0 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1.92 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1.13 |
| Wendel Clark L | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Alexander Semak C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Brent Severyn L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1.00 |
| Danton Cole R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Niklas Andersson L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Craig Darby C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Chris Luongo D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.25 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0.15 |
| Mathieu Schneider D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bob Sweeney C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Milan Tichy D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Soderstrom | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 | 1.70 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Huddy D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Randy Burridge L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Donald Audette R | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0.75 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0.40 |
| Scott Pearson L | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0.30 |
| Yuri Khmylev L | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0.08 |
| Dave Hannan C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Garry Galley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Mark Astley D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Blue | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 59:15 | -0.70 |