Saturday, December 20, 2025 · KeyBank Center
Islanders 2 at Sabres 3
Final/SO
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:47
Rasmus Dahlin
(4)
PPG
Alex Lyon (1)
· Backhand
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
-
8:55
Tage Thompson
(18)
Josh Doan (14), Peyton Krebs (10)
· Backhand
NYI 0 – 2 BUF
-
19:37
Mathew Barzal
(10)
Anders Lee (14), Simon Holmstrom (8)
· Snap
NYI 1 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
-
19:31
Emil Heineman
(12)
PPG
Mathew Barzal (19), Matthew Schaefer (15)
· Wrist
NYI 2 – 2 BUF
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
-
Josh Norris
Deciding shootout goal
· Wrist
NYI 2 – 3 BUF
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 23:33 | 1.68 |
| Emil Heineman L | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 18:49 | 1.35 |
| Simon Holmstrom R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 17:49 | 0.98 |
| Matthew Schaefer D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 23:36 | 0.75 |
| Anders Lee L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 20:04 | 0.68 |
| Scott Mayfield D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 17:48 | 0.22 |
| Casey Cizikas C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16:18 | 0.10 |
| Calum Ritchie C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 0.10 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 | 0.08 |
| Marc Gatcomb C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 | 0.08 |
| Tony DeAngelo D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:55 | 0.07 |
| Kyle MacLean C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:55 | 0.05 |
| Adam Pelech D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 26:25 | -0.03 |
| Anthony Duclair L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 | -0.05 |
| Ryan Pulock D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 20:18 | -0.05 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:34 | -0.08 |
| Marshall Warren D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:51 | -0.13 |
| Jonathan Drouin L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:16 | -0.25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rittich | O | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 62:39 | 1.50 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 25:52 | 1.28 |
| Tage Thompson C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:48 | 1.05 |
| Josh Doan R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 | 0.73 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13:29 | 0.68 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 24:12 | 0.25 |
| Alex Tuch R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:06 | 0.23 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 | 0.15 |
| Zach Benson L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 | 0.10 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 | 0.10 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:33 | 0.08 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 | 0.08 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22:49 | 0.08 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 17:05 | 0.05 |
| Josh Dunne C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:20 | 0.02 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8:55 | -0.02 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 | -0.03 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 17:28 | -0.05 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 | -0.10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 64:55 | 1.70 |