Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Sat, Feb 9, 2013 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 2012–13 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final

New York Islanders

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Thomas Vanek led the way with 2 points. Ryan Miller made 41 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 15–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	15
NYI	1	1	0	2	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:11	BUF	EV	Thomas Vanek (1) · wrist	Cody Hodgson (1), Jordan Leopold (1)	1–0
1st	19:18	NYI	EV	John Tavares (1) · wrap-around	Brian Strait (1), Brad Boyes (1)	1–1
2nd	12:21	BUF	EV	Christian Ehrhoff (1) · wrist	Cody Hodgson (2), Thomas Vanek (1)	2–1
2nd	17:35	NYI	EV	Colin McDonald (1) · snap	Casey Cizikas (1), Brian Strait (2)	2–2
3rd	07:35	BUF	EV	Alexander Sulzer (1) · slap	Steve Ott (1), Mikhail Grigorenko (1)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:45	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	tripping	2
1st	12:30	NYI	Lubomir Visnovsky	kneeing	2
2nd	00:32	BUF	Jordan Leopold	hooking	2
2nd	11:37	BUF	Drew Stafford	holding	2
2nd	11:37	NYI	John Tavares	holding	2
2nd	14:57	BUF	TJ Brennan	holding the stick	2
3rd	18:40	NYI	Brad Boyes	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.77 · NYI 5.20 · xG% BUF 25.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Thomas Vanek	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	21:47	26
19	Cody Hodgson	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	3	50.0	18:16	24
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	1		25:25	33
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	2		25:25	32
9	Steve Ott	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	50.0	17:48	26
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		13:40	20
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	50.0	7:13	11
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		24:56	29
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	5		22:25	27
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	50.0	19:51	26
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3	38.5	18:41	24
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	44.4	18:09	27
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		15:41	24
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	100.0	14:37	24
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		14:11	19
33	TJ Brennan	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		8:01	15
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:15	6
32	John Scott	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1:39	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	W	43	41	2	.953	60:00

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Brian Strait	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	4	1		12:24	19
91	John Tavares	C	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	2	60.9	22:48	24
24	Brad Boyes	R	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	0		22:21	24
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	30.0	8:22	14
13	Colin McDonald	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0		8:12	14
2	Mark Streit	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		25:00	27
47	Andrew MacDonald	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3		23:37	27
3	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		22:22	25
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	6	0	1		22:15	25
11	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	0	0	0	+2	2	3	1	0		20:34	26
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:25	21
51	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	55.6	17:14	21
14	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		16:19	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	33.3	14:57	19
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	100.0	12:48	18
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	5	1		11:12	15
10	Keith Aucoin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	44.4	8:52	15
41	David Ullstrom	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	100.0	8:43	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
20	Evgeni Nabokov	L	15	12	3	.800	59:15