Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, February 9, 2013 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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3–2

Final

SOG 15–43

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 43-15.

Goals came from Thomas Vanek, John Tavares, Christian Ehrhoff, Colin McDonald and Alexander Sulzer.

Ryan Miller made 41 saves on 43 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 12 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	15
NYI	1	1	0	2	43

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Thomas Vanek (1)Cody Hodgson (1), Jordan Leopold (1)1–009:11 BUF
John Tavares (1)Brian Strait (1), Brad Boyes (1)1–119:18 NYI

2nd period

Christian Ehrhoff (1)Cody Hodgson (2), Thomas Vanek (1)2–112:21 BUF
Colin McDonald (1)Casey Cizikas (1), Brian Strait (2)2–217:35 NYI

3rd period

Alexander Sulzer (1)Steve Ott (1), Mikhail Grigorenko (1)3–207:35 BUF

Team stats

BUFNYI

15Shots on goal43

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes6

13Hits17

23Blocked shots14

8Giveaways14

10Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 11:45Christian Ehrhoff · tripping2 min
1st 12:30Lubomir Visnovsky · kneeing2 min
2nd 00:32Jordan Leopold · hooking2 min
2nd 11:37Drew Stafford · holding2 min
2nd 11:37John Tavares · holding2 min
2nd 14:57TJ Brennan · holding the stick2 min
3rd 18:40Brad Boyes · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Cody HodgsonC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	3	0	50	18:16
26Thomas VanekL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	100	21:47
9Steve OttC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	50	17:48
25Mikhail GrigorenkoC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	50	07:13
3Jordan LeopoldD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2	–	25:25
10Christian EhrhoffD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	2	–	25:25
52Alexander SulzerD	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	13:40
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	100	14:37
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	50	19:51
32John ScottL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:39
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	14:11
42Nathan GerbeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:15
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	44	18:09
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	0	38	18:41
82Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	15:41
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	0	–	22:25
33TJ BrennanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	08:01
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	24:56

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	W	43	41	2	.954	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

37Brian StraitD	0	2	2	+2	0	4	1	0	–	12:24
13Colin McDonaldR	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	08:12
24Brad BoyesR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	2	–	22:21
53Casey CizikasC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	30	08:22
91John TavaresC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	2	2	61	22:48
10Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	44	08:52
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	100	12:48
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	+1	2	5	1	0	–	11:12
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	33	14:57
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	+1	6	0	1	0	–	22:15
40Michael GrabnerR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:25
41David UllstromL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	100	08:43
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	56	17:14
2Mark StreitD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	25:00
3Travis HamonicD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	22:22
11Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	0	2	–	20:34
14Thomas HickeyD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	16:19
47Andrew MacDonaldD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	–	23:37

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
20Evgeni NabokovG	L	15	12	3	.800	59:15
39Rick DiPietroG		0	0	0	–	00:00