New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Sun, Feb 8, 2015 · First Niagara Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 2

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at First Niagara Center. Travis Hamonic led the way with 2 points. Jaroslav Halak made 8 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–10.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	2	0	3	31
BUF	0	2	0	2	10

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	16:19	NYI	EV	Colin McDonald (1) · snap	Casey Cizikas (8)	1–0
2nd	10:20	NYI	PP	Anders Lee (16) · wrist	Travis Hamonic (13), John Tavares (27)	2–0
2nd	11:22	NYI	EV	Mikhail Grabovski (9) · wrist	Travis Hamonic (14), Frans Nielsen (20)	3–0
2nd	12:33	BUF	EV	Marcus Foligno (6) · wrist	Nikita Zadorov (10), Brian Flynn (10)	3–1
2nd	14:57	BUF	EV	Drew Stafford (9) · backhand	Marcus Foligno (5)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:03	NYI	Matt Martin	boarding	2
1st	07:03	BUF	Tyler Myers	roughing	2
2nd	09:06	BUF	Tyler Myers	slashing	2
2nd	18:50	NYI	Travis Hamonic	holding	2
3rd	00:18	NYI	Nikolay Kulemin	holding	2
3rd	01:11	BUF	Tyler Myers	slashing	2
3rd	05:04	NYI	Brian Strait	cross checking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYI 3.02 · BUF 1.14 · xG% NYI 72.6

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	1		23:26	25
91	John Tavares	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	38.5	19:30	19
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	66.7	16:46	24
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0		13:49	17
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:32	18
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	46.2	12:22	19
13	Colin McDonald	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	6	0		10:50	16
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	100.0	20:59	24
37	Brian Strait	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0		20:36	23
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4		20:25	25
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		18:02	23
18	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		17:20	22
11	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		17:09	19
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	1		14:23	17
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		14:15	20
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	77.8	13:55	21
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		13:44	18
16	Harry Zolnierczyk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		11:57	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jaroslav Halak	W	10	8	2	.800	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
82	Marcus Foligno	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	5	2		15:21	22
51	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		21:30	23
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	1	45.5	16:47	22
21	Drew Stafford	R	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	0	100.0	16:16	21
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		21:14	27
24	Tyson Strachan	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	4		19:39	25
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	3		19:26	27
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0		18:49	20
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		18:44	26
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	2	38.9	18:28	23
80	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		18:10	20
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		17:38	21
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		16:34	23
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		16:21	20
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	27.3	15:27	20
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	8:52	13
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:38	11
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1		7:41	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Michal Neuvirth	L	31	28	3	.903	59:11