Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2016 · Barclays Center
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Friday, December 23, 2016 at Barclays Center. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 32-29.
Goals came from Anthony Beauvillier, Ryan Strome, John Tavares, Andrew Ladd, Calvin de Haan and Zemgus Girgensons.
Thomas Greiss made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anthony Beauvillier (4)Travis Hamonic (9), Shane Prince (7)0–112:05 NYI
2nd period
Ryan Strome (5)Cal Clutterbuck (10), Dennis Seidenberg (7)0–214:36 NYI
John Tavares (10)Ryan Strome (5), Josh Bailey (16)0–319:21 NYI · PPG
3rd period
Andrew Ladd (5)Jason Chimera (7), Travis Hamonic (10)0–405:35 NYI
Calvin de Haan (2)Alan Quine (4), Dennis Seidenberg (8)0–512:34 NYI
Zemgus Girgensons (3)Zach Bogosian (1), Sam Reinhart (12)1–518:57 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
29Shots on goal32
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play1/2
9Penalty minutes9
23Hits28
18Blocked shots22
6Giveaways15
9Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 02:02
Johnny Boychuk · fighting5 min - 1st 02:02
Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min - 1st 19:24Shane Prince · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:31Dennis Seidenberg · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:01Rasmus Ristolainen · boarding2 min
- 2nd 17:47Brian Gionta · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:07 |
| 27Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:25 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | L | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 60:00 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Islanders
| 18Ryan StromeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:46 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:44 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 10Alan QuineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 11Shane PrinceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 91John TavaresC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:50 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:05 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |