New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2015 · First Niagara Center

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2–1

Final

SOG 33–43

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 43-33.

Goals came from Frans Nielsen, Nikolay Kulemin and Ryan O'Reilly.

Thomas Greiss made 42 saves on 43 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 31 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	1	1	2	33
BUF	0	0	1	1	43

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Frans Nielsen (14)John Tavares (14), Nick Leddy (12)1–009:35 NYI · PPG

3rd period

Nikolay Kulemin (5)Kyle Okposo (19), Johnny Boychuk (11)2–001:07 NYI
Ryan O'Reilly (15)Jack Eichel (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (18)2–111:18 BUF · PPG

Team stats

NYIBUF

33Shots on goal43

48%Faceoff %52%

1/2Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes4

10Hits14

15Blocked shots16

1Giveaways6

1Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 06:20Matt Martin · interference2 min
1st 09:40Anders Lee · cross checking2 min
1st 10:46Frans Nielsen · cross checking2 min
2nd 08:37Josh Gorges · holding2 min
3rd 04:32Brian Gionta · hooking2 min
3rd 09:45Anders Lee · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	50	16:18
51Frans NielsenC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	2	50	18:19
86Nikolay KuleminL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:36
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	63	18:19
2Nick LeddyD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	22:30
55Johnny BoychukD	0	1	1	+1	5	0	2	0	–	18:41
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:05
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	11:37
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	08:59
18Ryan StromeC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	12:42
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	–	17:10
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	100	11:55
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	12:39
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	11:01
3Travis HamonicD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	23:40
14Thomas HickeyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:36
28Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:15
44Calvin de HaanD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	21:18

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Thomas GreissG	W	43	42	1	.977	59:47
33Christopher GibsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

15Jack EichelC	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	60	20:17
90Ryan O'ReillyC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	46	22:14
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	-1	5	0	1	0	–	25:47
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	-1	7	0	1	0	67	20:20
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	100	17:19
17David LegwandC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60	09:18
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	50	13:36
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:17
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	12:01
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	40	17:30
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	08:49
82Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	09:11
88Jamie McGinnL	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	–	17:36
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	–	16:56
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	11:55
29Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	22:11
46Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:34
47Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	24:06

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Linus UllmarkG	L	33	31	2	.939	58:05