Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, December 30, 2021 · UBS Arena

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1–4

Final

SOG 37–32

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at UBS Arena. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 37-32.

Goals came from Mathew Barzal, Kyle Okposo, Kieffer Bellows, Anders Lee and Noah Dobson.

Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Malcolm Subban stopped 28 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	37
NYI	1	2	1	4	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mathew Barzal (6)Josh Bailey (10), Noah Dobson (8)0–112:35 NYI
Kyle Okposo (7)Brett Murray (3), Victor Olofsson (14)1–119:00 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Kieffer Bellows (3)Andy Greene (4)1–206:45 NYI
Anders Lee (9)Kieffer Bellows (4), Mathew Barzal (13)1–311:25 NYI · PPG

3rd period

Noah Dobson (4)Josh Bailey (11), Mathew Barzal (14)1–411:43 NYI

Team stats

BUFNYI

37Shots on goal32

34%Faceoff %66%

1/2Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes4

12Hits24

10Blocked shots11

15Giveaways11

2Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 01:13Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 18:10Matt Martin · tripping2 min
2nd 10:39Anders Bjork · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 18:08Casey Cizikas · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	-1	7	1	0	0	50	17:17
57Brett MurrayL	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:07
71Victor OlofssonL	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	17:15
15John HaydenC	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	–	14:57
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	11	17:54
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	45	17:38
25Arttu RuotsalainenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	09:42
72Tage ThompsonR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	39	16:12
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:40
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:03
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	17:04
96Anders BjorkL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	11:03
4Will ButcherD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	20:32
6Ethan ProwD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	13:10
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	24:40
13Mark PysykD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	–	19:26
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	27:04
45Casey FitzgeraldD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	12:26

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
47Malcolm SubbanG	L	32	28	4	.875	58:04

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

13Mathew BarzalC	1	2	3	+2	8	1	0	0	50	16:27
12Josh BaileyR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	50	16:27
20Kieffer BellowsL	1	1	2	+1	3	2	1	0	–	16:00
8Noah DobsonD	1	1	2	+3	2	1	1	0	–	20:42
27Anders LeeL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	33	16:02
4Andy GreeneD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	17:48
10Austin CzarnikC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	12:22
11Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	14:45
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	15:52
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	100	14:27
28Michael Dal ColleL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:34
32Ross JohnstonL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	11:15
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	67	17:59
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	69	14:44
2Robin SaloD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:34
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:36
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	19:11
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	3	0	–	22:11

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	37	36	1	.973	59:14