New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2014 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at First Niagara Center. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 36-26.
John Tavares scored twice. Nick Leddy, Nicolas Deslauriers, Zemgus Girgensons and Chris Stewart also scored.
Jhonas Enroth made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Kevin Poulin stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Leddy (6)Kyle Okposo (22), Josh Bailey (6)1–004:33 NYI
2nd period
John Tavares (14)Unassisted2–011:56 NYI- John Tavares (15)Josh Bailey (7), Kyle Okposo (23)3–015:05 NYI
3rd period
Nicolas Deslauriers (4)Drew Stafford (13), Josh Gorges (5)3–106:39 BUF
Zemgus Girgensons (10)Nicolas Deslauriers (8), Josh Gorges (6)3–210:01 BUF · SHG
Chris Stewart (5)Drew Stafford (14), Patrick Kaleta (2)3–311:51 BUF
SO period
Tyler EnnisUnassisted3–400:00 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
36Shots on goal26
36%Faceoff %64%
0/2Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits28
14Blocked shots20
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:10
Patrick Kaleta · roughing2 min - 1st 10:10
Cal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min - 1st 20:00Chris Stewart · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:46Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:16Thomas Hickey · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:28Calvin de Haan · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:39Drew Stafford · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 14:53Matt Martin · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:53Zemgus Girgensons · embellishment2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:08 |
| 91John TavaresC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 21:15 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:23 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:11 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Kevin PoulinG | O | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 65:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:51 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:21 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:58 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:07 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:26 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 65:00 |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |