Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 7, 2017 · Barclays Center
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Barclays Center. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 33-29.
John Tavares scored twice, Casey Cizikas scored twice and Evander Kane scored twice. Josh Bailey, Anthony Beauvillier and Jack Eichel also scored.
Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 12 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Tavares (1)Jordan Eberle (1)0–101:50 NYI
2nd period
- John Tavares (2)Unassisted0–205:13 NYI · SHG
Casey Cizikas (1)Andrew Ladd (1)0–306:03 NYI · SHG
Josh Bailey (1)Joshua Ho-Sang (1), Jason Chimera (1)0–407:00 NYI
Evander Kane (1)Jack Eichel (2)1–410:09 BUF · SHG- Evander Kane (2)Ryan O'Reilly (1)2–415:26 BUF · SHG
3rd period
Anthony Beauvillier (1)Nick Leddy (1), Casey Cizikas (1)2–505:39 NYI
Jack Eichel (1)Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Evander Kane (2)3–516:16 BUF- Casey Cizikas (2)John Tavares (1), Josh Bailey (1)3–619:34 NYI · EN
Team stats
BUFNYI
29Shots on goal33
47%Faceoff %53%
0/4Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits25
11Blocked shots11
11Giveaways11
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 10:16
Johnny Boychuk · slashing2 min - 1st 15:02Jason Chimera · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:08
Jake McCabe · interference2 min - 2nd 04:50Scott Mayfield · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:50Scott Mayfield · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:50Rasmus Ristolainen · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:20Kyle Okposo · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:55Jack Eichel · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:52Mathew Barzal · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 20:05 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:27 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 18:12 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 16 | 15 | 1 | .938 | 31:01 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 27:00 |
New York Islanders
| 53Casey CizikasC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 13:39 |
| 91John TavaresC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 7Jordan EberleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 66Joshua Ho-SangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:18 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:27 |
| 86Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 42Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 50Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |