Thursday, December 31, 2015 · First Niagara Center
Islanders 2 at Sabres 1
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
9:35
Frans Nielsen
(14)
PPG
John Tavares (14), Nick Leddy (12)
· Wrist
NYI 1 – 0 BUF
3rd Period
-
1:07
Nikolay Kulemin
(5)
Kyle Okposo (19), Johnny Boychuk (11)
· Wrist
NYI 2 – 0 BUF
-
11:18
Ryan O'Reilly
(15)
PPG
Jack Eichel (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (18)
· Wrist
NYI 2 – 1 BUF
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Boychuk D | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 18:41 | 1.25 |
| Frans Nielsen C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 18:19 | 1.18 |
| Nikolay Kulemin L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 17:36 | 1.13 |
| John Tavares C | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 1.00 |
| Kyle Okposo R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 16:18 | 0.85 |
| Nick Leddy D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:30 | 0.80 |
| Calvin de Haan D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 21:18 | 0.38 |
| Brock Nelson C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11:55 | 0.30 |
| Ryan Strome C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | 0.15 |
| Travis Hamonic D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:40 | 0.13 |
| Marek Zidlicky D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:15 | 0.13 |
| Josh Bailey R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:05 | 0.08 |
| Cal Clutterbuck R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 0.08 |
| Mikhail Grabovski C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 | 0.08 |
| Thomas Hickey D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 0.05 |
| Casey Cizikas C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0.00 |
| Anders Lee L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:10 | -0.03 |
| Matt Martin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:59 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Greiss | W | 43 | 42 | 1 | .977 | 59:47 | 3.45 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 | 0.98 |
| Ryan O'Reilly C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 | 0.90 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25:47 | 0.90 |
| Evander Kane L | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:20 | 0.43 |
| Jamie McGinn L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17:36 | 0.40 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | 0.30 |
| Jake McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:11 | 0.25 |
| Marcus Foligno L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:11 | 0.20 |
| Cody Franson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:34 | 0.20 |
| David Legwand C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:18 | 0.15 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:49 | 0.15 |
| Mike Weber D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11:55 | 0.15 |
| Sam Reinhart C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 0.08 |
| Zach Bogosian D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24:06 | 0.05 |
| Johan Larsson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 13:36 | 0.03 |
| Brian Gionta R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 | -0.05 |
| Josh Gorges D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:56 | -0.18 |
| Matt Moulson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:01 | -0.20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark | L | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 58:05 | 1.60 |