Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 2009 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–0 on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 38–30.
Jeff Tambellini scored a hat trick. Richard Park and Josh Bailey also scored.
Martin Biron made 38 saves on 38 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 13 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Richard Park (1)Unassisted0–117:13 NYI
2nd period
Jeff Tambellini (1)Sean Bergenheim (1), Richard Park (1)0–209:16 NYI- Jeff Tambellini (2)Doug Weight (1), Jack Hillen (1)0–312:20 NYI
Josh Bailey (1)Bruno Gervais (1)0–415:20 NYI
3rd period
- Jeff Tambellini (3)Kyle Okposo (1), John Tavares (1)0–515:42 NYI ·
Team stats
BUFNYI
3830
46%54%
0/51/2
2824
1116
1019
1212
728
Penalties
- 4:16 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 13:03 into the first periodTim Jackman · roughing2 min
- 13:03 into the first period
Craig Rivet · roughing2 min - 14:51 into the first periodRadek Martinek · holding2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodKyle Okposo · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodSteve Montador · fighting5 min
- 3:04 into the second periodTim Jackman · fighting5 min
- 7:07 into the second periodJeff Tambellini · slashing2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodNathan Paetsch · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodJack Hillen · roughing2 min
- 3:59 into the third periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodAndy Sutton · high sticking2 min
- 15:25 into the third periodCraig Rivet · instigator2 min
- 15:25 into the third periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 15:25 into the third periodAndy Sutton · fighting5 min
- 15:25 into the third periodCraig Rivet · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18:06 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:26 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 16 | 3 | .813 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 14 | 2 | .857 |
New York Islanders
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 13:14 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 93Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 11Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 16Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:35 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 28Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 38 | 0 | 1.000 |