New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 8, 2015 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 31-10.
Goals came from Colin McDonald, Anders Lee, Mikhail Grabovski, Marcus Foligno and Drew Stafford.
Jaroslav Halak made 8 saves on 10 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Colin McDonald (1)Casey Cizikas (8)1–016:19 NYI
2nd period
Anders Lee (16)Travis Hamonic (13), John Tavares (27)2–010:20 NYI · PPG
Mikhail Grabovski (9)Travis Hamonic (14), Frans Nielsen (20)3–011:22 NYI
Marcus Foligno (6)Nikita Zadorov (10), Brian Flynn (10)3–112:33 BUF
Drew Stafford (9)Marcus Foligno (5)3–214:57 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
31Shots on goal10
56%Faceoff %44%
1/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits27
9Blocked shots21
2Giveaways6
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 07:03
Matt Martin · boarding2 min - 1st 07:03
Tyler Myers · roughing2 min - 2nd 09:06Tyler Myers · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:50Travis Hamonic · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:18Nikolay Kulemin · holding2 min
- 3rd 01:11Tyler Myers · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:04Brian Strait · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:26 |
| 13Colin McDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:46 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:22 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 16Harry ZolnierczykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 11Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 10 | 8 | 2 | .800 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:44 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 24Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:11 |