National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Islanders 4, Buffalo 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 30, 2021
Where: UBS Arena, Elmont, New York
Referees: Steve Kozari, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Jesse Marquis
Attendance: 17255
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1001
NY Islanders 1214
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:35 - Islanders Mathew Barzal (EV) Assists: Josh Bailey , Noah Dobson
19:00 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (PP) Assists: Brett Murray , Victor Olofsson
Penalties
1:13 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 18:10 - Islanders Matt Martin (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
6:45 - Islanders Kieffer Bellows (EV) Assists: Andy Greene
11:25 - Islanders Anders Lee (PP) Assists: Kieffer Bellows , Mathew Barzal
Penalties
10:39 - Sabres Anders Bjork (2) Goaltender interference
3rd Period
Scoring
11:43 - Islanders Noah Dobson (EV) Assists: Josh Bailey , Mathew Barzal
Penalties
18:08 - Islanders Casey Cizikas (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Malcolm Subban G 0 0 0 0 0 58:04 54:28 0:50 2:46 0 0 - - - - -
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 20:32 19:42 0:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ethan Prow D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 13:10 12:41 0:00 0:29 0 0 - 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 32 24:40 22:23 0:00 2:17 0 0 1 - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 19:26 17:09 0:00 2:17 0 0 3 2 - - -
John Hayden LW 0 0 0 E 0 6 16 14:57 14:07 0:00 0:50 0 0 3 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 17:54 15:59 1:55 0:00 0 0 - - 1 8 11
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 17:38 14:16 1:05 2:17 0 0 1 - 5 6 45
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 -1 0 7 20 17:17 14:36 1:55 0:46 1 0 1 - 2 2 50
Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 9:42 9:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 3 25
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 31 27:04 24:43 1:52 0:29 0 0 1 1 - - -
Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 12:26 12:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brett Murray LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 14 12:07 10:12 1:55 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 20 17:15 14:33 2:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 23 16:12 14:56 0:47 0:29 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 14:40 13:12 0:47 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
John-Jason Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 16:03 15:16 0:47 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 22 17:04 15:48 0:47 0:29 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Anders Bjork LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 11 11:03 11:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 59:14 53:46 2:46 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Salo D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 17:34 16:44 0:50 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 19:36 18:31 0:00 1:05 0 0 1 - - - -
Andy Greene D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 27 17:48 16:11 0:00 1:37 0 0 1 1 - - -
Noah Dobson D 1 1 2 +3 0 2 25 20:42 18:46 1:56 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Austin Czarnik C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 12:22 11:32 0:50 0:00 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Zach Parise LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 14:45 12:29 0:50 1:26 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Josh Bailey RW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 23 16:27 15:37 0:50 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Mathew Barzal C 1 2 3 +2 0 8 20 16:27 14:31 1:56 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 15:52 14:00 0:00 1:52 0 0 4 - - - -
Matt Martin LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 14:27 14:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - 1 0 100
Kieffer Bellows LW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 19 16:00 14:04 1:56 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 19:11 18:06 0:00 1:05 0 0 - 2 - - -
Anders Lee LW 1 0 1 +2 0 2 19 16:02 14:06 1:56 0:00 1 0 - - 1 2 33
Michael Dal Colle LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 18 14:34 13:44 0:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ross Johnston LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 11:15 11:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 23 22:11 20:34 0:00 1:37 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 17:59 13:57 1:56 2:06 0 0 1 2 12 6 67
Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 E 2 1 20 14:44 14:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 9 4 69
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Malcolm Subban L (0-2-1) 32 28 4 .875 0 58:04
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Semyon Varlamov W (10-17-2) 37 36 1 .973 0 59:14