National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Buffalo 4,
NY Islanders 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dean Morton, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Andrew Smith
Attendance: N/A
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dean Morton, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Andrew Smith
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
| Final OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| NY Islanders | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SO | 4 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
15:59 -
Sabres Cody Eakin
(EV) Assists:
Jeff Skinner
, Drake Caggiula
16:25 - Islanders Anthony Beauvillier (EV) Assists: Josh Bailey , Brock Nelson |
| Penalties |
|
18:36 -
Sabres Victor Olofsson
(2)
Holding the stick |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
3:44 -
Islanders Ryan Pulock
(EV) Assists:
Cal Clutterbuck
, Ross Johnston
9:16 - Islanders Cal Clutterbuck (SH) Unassisted 17:37 - Sabres Anders Bjork (EV) Assists: Colin Miller , Victor Olofsson |
| Penalties |
|
7:19 -
Islanders Jordan Eberle
(2)
Slashing |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
10:56 -
Sabres Anders Bjork
(EV) Assists:
Victor Olofsson
|
| Penalties |
| None. |
| Overtime |
| Scoring |
| No Scoring. |
| Penalties |
| None. |
New York Islanders
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Ilya Sorokin | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65:00 | 61:00 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Nick Leddy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 23:30 | 22:39 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adam Pelech | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 24:00 | 22:54 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Andy Greene | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15:54 | 15:00 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 23:19 | 22:03 | 0:36 | 0:40 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jordan Eberle | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15:15 | 14:06 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15:59 | 14:50 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Josh Bailey | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16:56 | 15:40 | 0:51 | 0:25 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Travis Zajac | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18:08 | 16:30 | 1:09 | 0:29 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 62 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13:53 | 12:50 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 17:28 | 16:19 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kyle Palmieri | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15:47 | 14:53 | 0:51 | 0:03 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Mayfield | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20:54 | 19:34 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16:57 | 16:06 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Dal Colle | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14:54 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Brock Nelson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 18:05 | 17:00 | 0:51 | 0:14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 6 | 7 | 46 |
| Ross Johnston | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11:29 | 11:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16:12 | 14:56 | 0:33 | 0:43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 72 |
| Casey Cizikas | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14:20 | 13:17 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 75 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Michael Houser | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65:00 | 61:00 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Stefanos Lekkas | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18:55 | 18:52 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12:42 | 11:00 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 4 | 18 | 13:27 | 13:06 | 0:03 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 57 |
| Sam Reinhart | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 21:08 | 19:37 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12:41 | 11:21 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12:27 | 11:50 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 23:19 | 21:45 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Colin Miller | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 15:36 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 22 | 19:43 | 18:12 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 33 |
| Jeff Skinner | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11:35 | 11:06 | 0:29 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 21:43 | 20:34 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 26:37 | 24:00 | 0:37 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Victor Olofsson | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18:53 | 17:33 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tage Thompson | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 17:28 | 17:02 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15:45 | 15:12 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 21 | 17:30 | 16:13 | 0:26 | 0:51 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drake Caggiula | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12:17 | 12:14 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Anders Bjork | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 21:14 | 19:47 | 0:00 | 1:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| NY Islanders | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Ilya Sorokin L (12-6-2) | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 0 | 65:00 |
| Buffalo | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Michael Houser W (2-0-0) | 48 | 45 | 3 | .938 | 0 | 65:00 |
Shootout
| NYI | Score | Score | BUF |
| Oliver Wahlstrom |
|
|
Sam Reinhart |
| Jordan Eberle |
|
|
Casey Mittelstadt |
| Anthony Beauvillier |
|
|
Anders Bjork |
| 0 | 1 |