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New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresMar 31, 2026

Final· KeyBank Center
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NYI
3
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BUF
4
Goals123TShots123T
NYI0123NYI691328
BUF1034BUF1271433
NYI 52BUF 65
NYI 2.14BUF 4.14
PP goals
NYI 1BUF 2
Hits
NYI 26BUF 25
Blocks
NYI 10BUF 15
PIM
NYI 15BUF 13
NYI 54%BUF 46%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres edge New York Islanders 4–3

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 4–3 at home. Bo Horvat (NYI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:31 together.

  1. Points
    Bo Horvat had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:22.Horvat
  2. Points
    Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:54.Schenn
  3. Points
    Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:11.Quinn
  4. Points
    Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:31.Thompson
  5. Points
    Josh Norris had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:04.Norris
  6. PP1
    BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:31 together.ZuckerThompsonNorrisDahlinQuinn
  7. PP1
    NYI's first power-play unit (Schenn, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie and Schaefer) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:44 together.SchennHorvatBarzalRitchieSchaefer
  8. New line
    New look for NYI: Schenn–Duclair–Barzal skated 10:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SchennDuclairBarzal

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, NYI at BUF: 117 attempts, 61 on goal, 7 goals, 6.28 expected goals; best chance Bowen Byram at 0.34 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • NYI
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · BUF 65 · NYI 52

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NYI at BUF: expected goals 4.14 to 2.14 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 65 to 52, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBUFNYIQRTLKBSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • NYI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFNYIcontrol2nd3rdQuinn · 1st 14:19Ritchie · 2nd 17:57Thompson · 3rd 2:40Lee · 3rd 13:39Krebs · 3rd 16:59Byram · 3rd 18:17Schenn · 3rd 19:59
  • BUF pressure
  • NYI pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 23% of the game, BUF 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, NYI at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (59:41) for BUF and Ilya Sorokin (57:52) for NYI, 7 goals.

BUF
NYI
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against NYI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BUF rows versus NYI columns: 249 matchups; most common Thompson vs Schaefer, 10:25 at 89% xGF.

BUF ↓ · NYI →BarzalSchennDuclairCizikasMacLeanGatcombRitchiePageauPalatHorvatHeinemanLeeSchaeferPulockPelechSoucyBoqvistMayfieldL1 ThompsonL1 TuchL1 KrebsL2 McLeodL2 QuinnL2 ZuckerL3 NorrisL3 DoanL3 BensonL4 MalenstynL4 GreenwayL4 CarrickD1 ByramD1 PowerD2 DahlinD2 SamuelssonD3 MetsaD3 Stanley
BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatNYIBUF
4161
1.023.15
1.002.99
414
41
2414
+0.078−0.078
23%39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Islanders

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 14:19
    BUFJack QuinnPP (Josh Norris)wrist0.14 xG
    NYI: Cizikas, Pageau, Soucy, PulockBUF: Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin, Quinn
    NYI 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

  1. 17:57
    NYICalum RitchiePP (Brayden Schenn, Bo Horvat)wrist0.14 xG
    NYI: Schenn, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie, SchaeferBUF: Carrick, Stanley, McLeod, Power
    NYI 1 – 1 BUF

3rd period

  1. 2:40
    BUFTage ThompsonPP (Josh Norris, Jack Quinn)wrist0.14 xG
    NYI: Mayfield, Horvat, Heineman, SchaeferBUF: Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin, Quinn
    NYI 1 – 2 BUF
  2. 13:39
    NYIAnders Lee (Bo Horvat, Matthew Schaefer)wrist0.01 xG
    NYI: Lee, Horvat, Pulock, Heineman, SchaeferBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Byram, Quinn, Power
    NYI 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 16:59
    BUFPeyton Krebs (Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson)snap0.18 xG
    NYI: Palat, Soucy, Horvat, Heineman, SchaeferBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Krebs, Metsa
    NYI 2 – 3 BUF
  4. 18:17
    BUFBowen ByramEN (Mattias Samuelsson)wrist0.34 xG
    NYI: Schenn, Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie, SchaeferBUF: Norris, Samuelsson, Byram, Doan, Benson
    NYI 2 – 4 BUF
  5. 19:59
    NYIBrayden Schenn (Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat)wrist0.14 xG
    NYI: Schenn, Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie, SchaeferBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Krebs, Power
    NYI 3 – 4 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mathew Barzal CL1011030.2000020:24——3513
Brayden Schenn CL1112010.2430018:54——2419
Anthony Duclair LL1000000.0000011:29——3319
Casey Cizikas CL2000010.0130213:17——4026
Kyle MacLean CL2000000.0650012:18——4042
Marc Gatcomb CL2000020.1332011:07——2744
Calum Ritchie CL3101010.1400016:33——4832
Jean-Gabriel Pageau CL3000010.0220015:19——6037
Ondrej Palat LL3000-120.1611011:42——4828
Bo Horvat CL4033030.2910021:22——3612
Emil Heineman LL4000010.0121015:21——4424
Anders Lee LL4101+120.3140514:10——3524
Matthew Schaefer DD1011040.2801029:40——3729
Ryan Pulock DD1000+120.0302019:17——5040
Adam Pelech DD2000020.0612221:17——5631
Carson Soucy DD2000-100.0000419:22——3114
Adam Boqvist DD3000030.2100013:02——4223
Scott Mayfield DD3000000.0011212:01——2513
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)L32293.9063.3557:52

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tage Thompson CL1112030.5610021:31——6178
Alex Tuch RL1011000.1932020:25——6181
Peyton Krebs CL1101010.1750017:37——5771
Ryan McLeod CL2000-120.1002018:38——6385
Jack Quinn RL2112-170.5630016:11——5871
Jason Zucker LL2000-120.1111015:32——6171
Josh Norris CL3022+110.1020615:04——5378
Josh Doan RL3000+110.1310013:17——6783
Zach Benson LL3000+140.4210013:02——6883
Beck Malenstyn LL4000020.1130011:20——5362
Jordan Greenway LL4000000.0002011:13——5362
Sam Carrick CL4000010.141056:47——6762
Bowen Byram DD1101020.5713022:14——5670
Owen Power DD1000-210.1301019:16——5956
Rasmus Dahlin DD2000+130.6800023:14——6589
Mattias Samuelsson DD2011010.1032222:44——6789
Zach Metsa DD3000+110.0200014:04——5463
Logan Stanley DD3000010.0502013:54——5668
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W28253.8932.1459:41

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jack Quinn (BUF PP) 1st 14:19 · assists Josh Norris · Forecheck turnover · 70.4 mph shot.

Anders Lee · 3rd 13:39 · NYI

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
36.6 mph
Distance
29 ft
Entry to goal
6.0 s

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Peyton Krebs · 3rd 16:59 · BUF

Play
rebound
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
31.6 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
4.4 s
Type
one-timer, rebound

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