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Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, January 24, 2026 · UBS Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

5–0

Final

SOG 21–26

New York IslandersNY IslandersIslandersHome

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5-0 on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at UBS Arena. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 26-21.

Jason Zucker scored twice. Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch also scored.

Alex Lyon made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; David Rittich stopped 16 of 20.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF023521
New York IslandersNYI000026

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex LyonBUF · 1.000 SV%
  2. ★2nd starJason ZuckerBUF · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:47

5–0 · 3rd 14:38 · Tuch. NYI stayed on through an icing. Ritchie was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceNYI on ice

1–0 BUF

2nd 0:33 · Zucker

Pelech 0:33

2–0 BUF

2nd 19:47 · Thompson

Lee 0:47

3–0 BUF

3rd 0:25 · Zucker

Pageau 0:25

4–0 BUF

3rd 14:02 · EN · Dahlin

Drouin 1:11

5–0 BUF

3rd 14:38 · Tuch

Stuck out there: Ritchie 1:47

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

BUFNYI
21Shots on goal26
26%Faceoff %74%
0/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits24
11Blocked shots13
14Giveaways16
7Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 11:17Alex Lyon · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 01:18Anders Lee · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 11:46Matthew Schaefer · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 14:57Mattias Samuelsson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 15:24Michael Kesselring · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 17:53Zach Benson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 17:53Scott Mayfield · cross checking2 min

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