Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Preseason · Friday, September 28, 2018 · Tribute Communities Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Friday, September 28, 2018 at Tribute Communities Centre. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 31–26.
Anders Lee scored twice and Jeff Skinner scored twice. Josh Bailey, Zemgus Girgensons, Casey Nelson, Rasmus Dahlin and Ryan Pulock also scored.
Carter Hutton made 0 saves on 31 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 0 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Josh Bailey (2)Anthony Beauvillier (3), Devon Toews (3)0–107:22 NYI
Zemgus Girgensons (1)Brendan Guhle (1), Jason Pominville (2)1–108:20 BUF
2nd period
Casey Nelson (2)Zemgus Girgensons (1), Evan Rodrigues (3)2–102:16 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (1)Jake McCabe (1), Alex Nylander (4)3–103:42 BUF
Anders Lee (3)Mathew Barzal (7), Nick Leddy (3)3–204:36 NYI · 
Jeff Skinner (2)Sam Reinhart (3), Vladimir Sobotka (2)4–211:34 BUF- Jeff Skinner (3)Kyle Okposo (1), Rasmus Dahlin (2)5–213:04 BUF ·
Ryan Pulock (5)Mathew Barzal (8), Nick Leddy (4)5–315:34 NYI ·
3rd period
- Anders Lee (4)Thomas Hickey (2)5–415:19 NYI
Team stats
BUFNYI
2631
0%0%
1/42/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:24 into the first period
Casey Mittelstadt · slashing2 min - 4:12 into the second periodKyle Okposo · delaying game2 min
- 9:34 into the second period
Tom Kuhnhackl · hooking2 min - 12:04 into the second periodBrock Nelson · tripping2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodBrendan Guhle · holding2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodJake McCabe · delaying game2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodBrock Nelson · interference2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodAnders Lee · tripping2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodTage Thompson · tripping2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 71Evan RodriguesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 92Alex NylanderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
New York Islanders
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Anders LeeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Josh BaileyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Anthony BeauvillierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jordan EberleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Jan KovarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | L | 12 | 2 | .833 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 14 | 3 | .786 |