Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 4, 2012 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 38-37.
Frans Nielsen scored twice. Nathan Gerbe, Josh Bailey, Derek Roy and Paul Gaustad also scored.
Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Al Montoya stopped 34 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Frans Nielsen (1)Michael Grabner (1)0–101:39 NYI
Nathan Gerbe (1)Drew Stafford (1)1–105:32 BUF
Josh Bailey (1)Frans Nielsen (1)1–216:00 NYI- Frans Nielsen (2)Kyle Okposo (1), Mark Streit (1)1–317:17 NYI
2nd period
Derek Roy (1)Ville Leino (1), Jason Pominville (1)2–318:41 BUF
3rd period
Paul Gaustad (1)Tyler Myers (1), Brad Boyes (1)3–311:46 BUF
SO period
Brad BoyesUnassisted5–300:00 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
37Shots on goal38
36%Faceoff %64%
0/1Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes7
17Hits20
5Blocked shots24
5Giveaways7
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 12:04
Brad Boyes · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:00
Nino Niederreiter · high sticking2 min - 2nd 00:09Matt Martin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 00:09Patrick Kaleta · fighting5 min
- OT 02:28Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:49 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:26 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:30 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:40 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:26 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:28 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:25 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 65:00 |
New York Islanders
| 51Frans NielsenC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 18:32 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:48 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 25:21 |
| 15PA ParenteauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 25Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:18 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:03 |
| 29Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 36Tim WallaceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 49Rhett RakhshaniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:05 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 4Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 42Dylan ReeseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 27:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Al MontoyaG | O | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 65:00 |