New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 16, 2009 · HSBC Arena
MSG PLUS 2 · MSG-B (HD)
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 6–3 on Friday, October 16, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 39–34.
Goals came from Tyler Myers, Clarke MacArthur, Tim Connolly, Matt Moulson, Jochen Hecht, John Tavares, Patrick Kaleta, Andy Sutton and Jason Pominville.
Ryan Miller made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Dwayne Roloson stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Myers (1)Paul Gaustad (1), Drew Stafford (1)0–102:27 BUF
Clarke MacArthur (1)Unassisted0–214:42 BUF
2nd period
Tim Connolly (1)Clarke MacArthur (1), Craig Rivet (1)0–304:46 BUF · 
Matt Moulson (1)Freddy Meyer (1), Kyle Okposo (1)1–307:08 NYI
Jochen Hecht (1)Henrik Tallinder (1)1–409:22 BUF
John Tavares (1)Matt Moulson (1), Doug Weight (1)2–412:54 NYI ·
3rd period
Patrick Kaleta (1)Daniel Paille (1), Matt Ellis (1)2–508:52 BUF
Andy Sutton (1)Blake Comeau (1)3–509:15 NYI
Jason Pominville (1)Tim Connolly (1), Tyler Myers (1)3–615:52 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
3934
45%55%
1/21/5
159
1817
1012
1516
104
Penalties
- 10:37 into the first period
Radek Martinek · interference2 min - 15:13 into the first period
Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min - 15:13 into the first periodTim Jackman · fighting5 min
- 15:13 into the first periodTim Jackman · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodJoel Rechlicz · cross checking2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodToni Lydman · interference2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodFreddy Meyer · holding2 min
- 2:57 into the third periodHenrik Tallinder · holding2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodRadek Martinek · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19:36 |
| 93Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 13Rob SchrempC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 16Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 13:45 |
| 28Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:06 |
| 40Joel RechliczR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:40 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:16 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:25 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
| 43Martin BironG | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:49 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:27 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:43 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:30 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |