New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2025 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · MSGSN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 34-32.
Goals came from Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Mathew Barzal and Emil Heineman.
Alex Lyon made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; David Rittich stopped 30 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rasmus Dahlin (4)Alex Lyon (1)0–101:47 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Tage Thompson (18)Josh Doan (14), Peyton Krebs (10)0–208:55 BUF
Mathew Barzal (10)Anders Lee (14), Simon Holmstrom (8)1–219:37 NYI
3rd period
Emil Heineman (12)Mathew Barzal (19), Matthew Schaefer (15)Tuch 2:00 into shift2–219:31 NYI · PPG
SO period
Josh NorrisUnassisted2–300:00 BUF
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 3rd 19:31 · Heineman. Tuch was 2:00 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 BUF
1st 1:47 · PP · Dahlin
Pageau 0:20
0–2 BUF
2nd 8:55 · Thompson
Pageau 0:28
1–2 NYI
2nd 19:37 · Barzal
Thompson 0:51
2–2 NYI
3rd 19:31 · Heineman
Stuck out there: Tuch 2:00
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 01:27
Mathew Barzal · tripping2 min - 1st 02:43
Beck Malenstyn · hooking2 min - 1st 05:01Adam Pelech · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 04:24Jean-Gabriel Pageau · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:41Marshall Warren · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 18:33Michael Kesselring · slashing2 min
- OT 04:43Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:33 |
| 10Simon HolmstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 27Anders LeeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 51Emil HeinemanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10 | 18:49 |
| 48Matthew SchaeferD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:36 |
| 7Maxim TsyplakovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 11Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 16Marc GatcombC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 29Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 32Kyle MacLeanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 64Calum RitchieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 3Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:25 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 24Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 41Marshall WarrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 77Tony DeAngeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SorokinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33David RittichG | O | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 62:39 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:48 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 25:52 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:33 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 44Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:06 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 8Michael KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:12 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Alex LyonG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 64:55 |