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New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 28–33

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 33-28.

Goals came from Jack Quinn, Calum Ritchie, Tage Thompson, Anders Lee, Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram and Brayden Schenn.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York IslandersNYI012328
Buffalo SabresBUF103433

Three stars

  1. ★1st starPeyton KrebsBUF · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJack QuinnBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJosh NorrisBUF · 0G 2A

Scoring

1st period

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+
1:00

0–1 · 1st 14:19 · Quinn. Soucy was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYI on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 14:19 · PP · Quinn

Long shift: Soucy 1:00

1–1 NYI

2nd 17:57 · PP · Ritchie

Carrick 0:16

1–2 BUF

3rd 2:40 · PP · Thompson

Horvat 0:45

2–2 NYI

3rd 13:39 · Lee

Power 0:38

2–3 BUF

3rd 16:59 · Krebs

Horvat 0:57

2–4 BUF

3rd 18:17 · EN · Byram

Schenn 0:52

3–4 NYI

3rd 19:59 · Schenn

Power 0:32

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

NYIBUF
28Shots on goal33
54%Faceoff %46%
1/3Power play2/4
15Penalty minutes13
26Hits25
10Blocked shots15
12Giveaways19
6Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 00:41Carson Soucy · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 01:31Josh Norris · interference2 min
  • 1st 13:58Adam Pelech · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 02:18Casey Cizikas · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 06:34Owen Power · ps slash on breakaway0 min
  • 2nd 17:41Mattias Samuelsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 00:01Anders Lee · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 00:01Sam Carrick · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 01:28Carson Soucy · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 08:45Josh Norris · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 08:45Scott Mayfield · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 08:45Josh Norris · roughing2 min

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