New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 31, 1995 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Sunday, December 31, 1995 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 34–28.
Goals came from Alexander Semak, Donald Audette, Todd Bertuzzi, Scott Pearson, Wendel Clark, Marty Mcinnis and Danton Cole.
Tommy Soderstrom made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; John Blue stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semak (13)Craig Darby (1), Niklas Andersson (2)1–006:30 NYI
Donald Audette (11)Randy Burridge (15), Derek Plante (9)1–113:16 BUF · 
Todd Bertuzzi (8)Marty Mcinnis (15)2–117:24 NYI
3rd period
Scott Pearson (1)Michael Peca (6), Charlie Huddy (3)2–207:16 BUF
Wendel Clark (18)Ziggy Palffy (19), Chris Luongo (2)3–212:24 NYI
Marty Mcinnis (3)Derek King (15), Travis Green (17)4–212:42 NYI
Danton Cole (1)Derek King (16), Brent Severyn (5)5–219:29 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIBUF
2834
0%0%
0/21/7
2313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:28 into the first period
Rob Ray · slashing2 min - 12:28 into the first period
Milan Tichy · holding obstruction2 min - 17:51 into the first periodDoug Houda · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodBrent Severyn · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodWendel Clark · roughing2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodBryan McCabe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:54 into the second periodScott Pearson · fighting5 min
- 8:54 into the second periodChris Luongo · fighting5 min
- 10:33 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodMilan Tichy · roughing2 min
- 14:08 into the second periodGarry Galley · interference obstruction2 min
- 1:48 into the third periodChris Luongo · cross checking2 min
- 14:07 into the third periodBryan McCabe · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 16:56 into the third periodWendel Clark · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Craig DarbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Danton ColeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 33Milan TichyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 1John BlueG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |