Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 2015 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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0–3

Final

SOG 21–36

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 36-21.

Goals came from Kyle Okposo, Brock Nelson and Nikolay Kulemin.

Jaroslav Halak made 21 saves on 21 shots for the win; Andrey Makarov stopped 33 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	0	0	21
NYI	1	0	2	3	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kyle Okposo (17)John Tavares (45), Frans Nielsen (29)0–106:37 NYI · PPG

3rd period

Brock Nelson (20)Unassisted0–209:32 NYI
Nikolay Kulemin (14)Travis Hamonic (28), Lubomir Visnovsky (13)0–313:13 NYI

Team stats

BUFNYI

21Shots on goal36

47%Faceoff %53%

0/4Power play1/2

6Penalty minutes20

27Hits20

14Blocked shots14

9Giveaways12

6Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 05:58Matt Ellis · hooking2 min
2nd 11:33Cal Clutterbuck · hooking2 min
2nd 16:33Brian Strait · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 04:07Tyson Strachan · tripping2 min
3rd 10:26Frans Nielsen · interference2 min
3rd 18:34Eric Boulton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 18:34Patrick Kaleta · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 18:34Eric Boulton · misconduct10 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Brian GiontaR	-1	0	1	0	0	67	18:25
19Cody HodgsonC	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:31
20Zac DalpeC	0	1	2	0	0	50	10:48
22Johan LarssonL	-1	2	2	0	0	42	18:56
25Mikhail GrigorenkoC	-1	2	0	1	0	42	17:28
36Patrick KaletaR	-1	2	3	2	2	–	12:18
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	2	–	11:58
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	1	4	0	0	–	13:46
59Tim SchallerC	0	0	5	0	0	60	11:17
63Tyler EnnisC	-1	1	0	0	0	–	19:47
82Marcus FolignoL	0	2	2	0	0	–	21:16
84Phil VaroneC	-1	0	1	0	0	25	12:38
24Tyson StrachanD	-1	2	1	1	2	–	19:32
41Andrej MeszarosD	-1	1	0	1	0	–	17:58
47Zach BogosianD	-1	4	5	3	0	–	28:59
51Nikita ZadorovD	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:36
55Rasmus RistolainenD	-1	2	1	4	0	–	21:46
61Andre BenoitD	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:56

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Andrey MakarovG	L	36	33	3	.917	60:00
35Anders LindbackG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	67	14:52
29Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	63	15:23
51Frans NielsenC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	33	12:13
86Nikolay KuleminL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	–	19:03
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	21:05
3Travis HamonicD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	0	–	22:03
11Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	18:35
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	–	15:30
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	–	13:15
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	08:49
18Ryan StromeC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	100	18:00
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	15:01
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	–	07:42
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	44	11:50
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:57
14Thomas HickeyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	20:34
37Brian StraitD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	–	18:51
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	19:51

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jaroslav HalakG	W	21	21	0	1.000	60:00