Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Thu, Dec 30, 2021 · UBS Arena · 2021–22 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at UBS Arena. Mathew Barzal led the way with 3 points. Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	37
NYI	1	2	1	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:35	NYI	EV	Mathew Barzal (6) · wrist	Josh Bailey (10), Noah Dobson (8)	0–1
1st	19:00	BUF	PP	Kyle Okposo (7) · wrist	Brett Murray (3), Victor Olofsson (14)	1–1
2nd	06:45	NYI	EV	Kieffer Bellows (3) · wrist	Andy Greene (4)	1–2
2nd	11:25	NYI	PP	Anders Lee (9) · backhand	Kieffer Bellows (4), Mathew Barzal (13)	1–3
3rd	11:43	NYI	EV	Noah Dobson (4) · slap	Josh Bailey (11), Mathew Barzal (14)	1–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:13	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	18:10	NYI	Matt Martin	tripping	2
2nd	10:39	BUF	Anders Bjork	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	18:08	NYI	Casey Cizikas	unsportsmanlike conduct	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.89 · NYI 2.35 · xG% BUF 55.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	-1	0	7	1	0	50.0	17:17	20
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0		17:15	20
57	Brett Murray	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		12:07	14
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		27:04	31
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		24:40	32
4	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		20:32	26
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		19:26	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	11.1	17:54	20
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	45.5	17:38	19
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1		17:04	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	38.9	16:12	23
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		16:03	21
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0		14:57	16
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:40	17
6	Ethan Prow	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		13:10	18
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		12:26	18
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		11:03	11
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25.0	9:42	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
47	Malcolm Subban	L	32	28	4	.875	58:04

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Mathew Barzal	C	1	2	3	+2	0	8	1	0	50.0	16:27	20
8	Noah Dobson	D	1	1	2	+3	0	2	1	1		20:42	25
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	50.0	16:27	23
20	Kieffer Bellows	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	1		16:00	19
4	Andy Greene	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		17:48	27
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0	33.3	16:02	19
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	3		22:11	23
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		19:36	23
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		19:11	23
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	66.7	17:59	23
2	Robin Salo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		17:34	22
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		15:52	20
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	14:45	19
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	69.2	14:44	20
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		14:34	18
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	100.0	14:27	19
10	Austin Czarnik	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	12:22	15
32	Ross Johnston	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		11:15	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Semyon Varlamov	W	37	36	1	.973	59:14