New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, October 21, 2023 · KeyBank Center

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SOG 25–42

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 42-25.

Goals came from Jeff Skinner, Mattias Samuelsson, Dylan Cozens and Noah Dobson.

Eric Comrie made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 39 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	0	1	1	25
BUF	0	2	1	3	42

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Jeff Skinner (2)Casey Mittelstadt (2)0–116:37 BUF
Mattias Samuelsson (1)Casey Mittelstadt (3), Jeff Skinner (1)0–219:23 BUF

3rd period

Dylan Cozens (2)Rasmus Dahlin (5), Jordan Greenway (2)0–302:40 BUF
Noah Dobson (1)Mathew Barzal (2), Bo Horvat (1)1–318:39 NYI

Team stats

NYIBUF

25Shots on goal42

32%Faceoff %68%

0/3Power play0/3

11Penalty minutes11

44Hits19

22Blocked shots12

5Giveaways6

4Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 00:15Ryan Pulock · tripping2 min
1st 06:43Henri Jokiharju · holding2 min
1st 08:07Pierre Engvall · roughing2 min
1st 11:16Mattias Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:16Alex Tuch · roughing2 min
2nd 10:16Adam Pelech · fighting5 min
2nd 10:16Alex Tuch · fighting5 min
2nd 19:56Casey Cizikas · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

13Mathew BarzalC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:03
14Bo HorvatC	0	1	1	+1	3	3	0	0	39	19:44
8Noah DobsonD	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	–	24:44
15Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	11:59
16Julien GauthierR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	–	12:58
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	-1	3	5	2	0	–	10:45
18Pierre EngvallL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	–	13:37
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	19:15
26Oliver WahlstromR	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	–	12:16
27Anders LeeL	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	16:35
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	17:26
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	-1	3	2	4	0	39	15:50
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	2	36	13:50
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	6	5	–	21:55
4Samuel BolducD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	10:23
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	23:07
25Sebastian AhoD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	11:34
28Alexander RomanovD	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	–	21:52

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Semyon VarlamovG	L	42	39	3	.929	59:07

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

37Casey MittelstadtC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	67	15:41
53Jeff SkinnerL	1	1	2	+2	4	0	2	0	100	14:10
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	17:39
24Dylan CozensC	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	83	16:24
23Mattias SamuelssonD	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	2	–	18:25
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+2	1	3	0	0	–	23:02
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	100	12:20
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	60	14:23
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	88	14:21
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	13:05
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	11:48
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	54	18:18
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:33
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	–	15:19
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	17:12
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	14:54
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	22:30
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	–	18:56

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Eric ComrieG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00