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Buffalo Sabres vs. New York IslandersDec 23, 2024

Final· UBS Arena
away
BUF
7
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NYI
1
Goals123TShots123T
BUF2327BUF812525
NYI0101NYI5111228
BUF 45NYI 79
BUF 2.68NYI 2.26
PP goals
BUF 1NYI 0
Hits
BUF 17NYI 19
Blocks
BUF 30NYI 9
PIM
BUF 8NYI 12
BUF 42%NYI 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout New York Islanders 7–1

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 7–1 at NYI. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 4A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:19 together.

  1. Points
    Rasmus Dahlin had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 23:11.Dahlin
  2. Points
    Jiri Kulich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:57.Kulich
  3. Points
    Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:10.Quinn
  4. Points
    Dylan Cozens had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:22.Cozens
  5. PP1
    BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:19 together.ZuckerThompsonDahlinQuinnPeterka
  6. Luck
    BUF scored 7 goals on 2.68 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 13:38, −3:14 down on his 16:52 season average over 78 games.McLeod
  8. Usage
    Casey Cizikas (NYI) played 8:23, −4:43 down on his 13:06 season average over 81 games.Cizikas

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, BUF at NYI: 124 attempts, 53 on goal, 8 goals, 4.94 expected goals; best chance Tage Thompson at 0.37 xG.

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

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · NYI 79 · BUF 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at NYI: expected goals 2.26 to 2.68 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 79 to 45, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdNYIBUFMKZBQPTKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYI
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYIBUFcontrol2nd3rdMalenstyn · 1st 2:07Kulich · 1st 16:49Zucker · 2nd 6:53Benson · 2nd 15:45Quinn · 2nd 18:21Palmieri · 2nd 19:05Thompson · 3rd 10:07Kulich · 3rd 15:49
  • NYI pressure
  • BUF pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 30% of the game, NYI 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at NYI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ilya Sorokin (58:00) for NYI and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (60:00) for BUF, 8 goals.

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

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatBUFNYI
3772
2.011.57
1.911.52
107
44
2524
−0.051+0.051
30%36%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Islanders

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:07
    BUFBeck Malenstyn (Jacob Bryson, Ryan McLeod)wrist0.16 xG
    BUF: Clifton, Lafferty, Malenstyn, Bryson, McLeodNYI: Cizikas, Pelech, Fasching, Pulock, MacLean
    BUF 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 16:49
    BUFJiri Kulich (Dylan Cozens, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.19 xG
    BUF: Tuch, Dahlin, Byram, Cozens, KulichNYI: Lee, Pelech, Horvat, Pulock, Holmstrom
    BUF 2 – 0 NYI

2nd period

  1. 6:53
    BUFJason ZuckerPP (Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin)slap0.10 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn, PeterkaNYI: Cizikas, Mayfield, Romanov, MacLean
    BUF 3 – 0 NYI
  2. 15:45
    BUFZach Benson (Rasmus Dahlin, Jiri Kulich)wrist0.24 xG
    BUF: Dahlin, Krebs, Byram, Kulich, BensonNYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Mayfield, Duclair, George
    BUF 4 – 0 NYI
  3. 18:21
    BUFJack Quinn (Dylan Cozens, JJ Peterka)wrist0.09 xG
    BUF: Dahlin, Byram, Cozens, Quinn, PeterkaNYI: Lee, Pageau, Barzal, Dobson, Romanov
    BUF 5 – 0 NYI
  4. 19:05
    NYIKyle Palmieri (Anthony Duclair, Isaiah George)tip-in0.10 xG
    BUF: Clifton, Krebs, Power, Kulich, BensonNYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Pelech, Duclair, George
    BUF 5 – 1 NYI

3rd period

  1. 10:07
    BUFTage ThompsonEN (Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.37 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, ByramNYI: Palmieri, Duclair, Horvat, Pulock, Barzal, Tsyplakov
    BUF 6 – 1 NYI
  2. 15:49
    BUFJiri Kulichwrist0.07 xG
    BUF: Clifton, Tuch, Bryson, Cozens, KulichNYI: Cizikas, Duclair, Pulock, Barzal, George
    BUF 7 – 1 NYI

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
JJ Peterka RL1011+140.1801018:01——3360
Dylan Cozens CL1022+320.2102215:22——4374
Jack Quinn RL1112+120.3301015:10——3360
Jiri Kulich CL2213+230.3900014:57——5055
Zach Benson LL2101020.3410013:43——4243
Peyton Krebs CL2000010.0641212:05——4448
Tage Thompson CL3101+110.4211017:04——1339
Alex Tuch RL3000+300.0615016:33——2366
Jason Zucker LL3101+120.1811015:53——1539
Ryan McLeod CL4011+100.0000213:38——3868
Beck Malenstyn LL4101+110.1632013:16——2963
Sam Lafferty CL4000+100.0030011:50——3675
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000010.0612020:57——3240
Owen Power DD1000-120.1402220:05——3138
Rasmus Dahlin DD2044+410.0802023:11——4177
Bowen Byram DD2000+410.0013021:07——4772
Connor Clifton DD3000+120.0414015:38——3246
Jacob Bryson DD3011+200.0403015:30——2143
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W28271.9642.2660:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bo Horvat CL1000-220.1800220:02——6850
Simon Holmstrom RL1000-110.0300017:23——7050
Maxim Tsyplakov RL1000-150.4000015:50——7157
Mathew Barzal CL2000-320.2510019:59——6339
Anders Lee LL2000-200.0020215:42——6433
Jean-Gabriel Pageau CL2000-110.0340215:31——6738
Kyle Palmieri CL3101-110.1010016:41——6751
Anthony Duclair LL3011-210.0300015:45——6848
Brock Nelson CL3000010.2100015:16——7245
Kyle MacLean CL4000-100.001008:27——5615
Casey Cizikas CL4000-230.391028:23——4616
Hudson Fasching RL4000-100.012007:15——5621
Noah Dobson DD1000-130.2203026:28——6851
Alexander Romanov DD1000-130.0811220:17——7050
Adam Pelech DD2000-120.0531022:05——6338
Ryan Pulock DD2000-420.0813021:21——5824
Scott Mayfield DD3000-110.1320013:24——7049
Isaiah George DD3011-100.0701013:18——6645
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)L24186.7502.3158:00

Goal anatomy

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

Beck Malenstyn (BUF) 1st 2:07 · assists Jacob Bryson, Ryan McLeod · Deflection · 51.8 mph shot.

Kyle Palmieri · 2nd 19:05 · NYI

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
9.6 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s

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Zach Benson · 2nd 15:45 · BUF

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
4.9 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
6.2 s

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Jiri Kulich · 3rd 15:49 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
64.3 mph
Distance
25 ft
Entry to goal
1.8 s

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