New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, December 31, 2018 · KeyBank Center

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3–1

Final

SOG 33–40

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Monday, December 31, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 40-33.

Goals came from Leo Komarov, Brock Nelson, Kyle Okposo and Ryan Pulock.

Robin Lehner made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 30 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	1	2	3	33
BUF	0	0	1	1	40

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Leo Komarov (5)Nick Leddy (11), Mathew Barzal (26)1–002:59 NYI

3rd period

Brock Nelson (13)Joshua Ho-Sang (1), Scott Mayfield (11)2–001:45 NYI
Kyle Okposo (6)Nathan Beaulieu (4), Casey Mittelstadt (6)2–110:14 BUF · PPG
Ryan Pulock (3)Robin Lehner (1)3–119:28 NYI · EN

Team stats

NYIBUF

33Shots on goal40

46%Faceoff %54%

0/2Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes4

12Hits10

16Blocked shots11

6Giveaways9

6Takeaways3

Penalties

2nd 07:35Zach Bogosian · slashing2 min
2nd 11:41Jake McCabe · high sticking2 min
3rd 08:32Mathew Barzal · slashing2 min
3rd 13:07Scott Mayfield · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

13Mathew BarzalC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	50	20:12
26Joshua Ho-SangC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	16:33
29Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	31	20:58
47Leo KomarovC	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	50	14:14
2Nick LeddyD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	19:09
6Ryan PulockD	1	0	1	+1	4	2	3	0	–	22:22
24Scott MayfieldD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	–	19:02
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	16:43
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	–	16:32
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	09:50
18Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	–	15:39
27Anders LeeC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	17:44
28Michael Dal ColleL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:37
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:32
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	47	19:11
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	–	17:58
25Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:33
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	–	19:36

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Thomas GreissG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Robin LehnerG	W	40	39	1	.975	59:53

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0	0	75	13:54
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	20	16:22
82Nathan BeaulieuD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	20:14
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	02:42
17Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	56	14:12
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	42	16:21
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	2	0	100	18:23
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:45
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:47
49C.J. SmithL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	11:31
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	80	19:23
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	29	22:07
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	100	16:19
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	23:24
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	15:46
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	2	–	16:17
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	17:42
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	5	5	1	0	–	25:06

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	32	30	2	.938	58:45