Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Mon, Dec 23, 2024 · UBS Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

7 – 1

Final

New York Islanders

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 7–1 on Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at UBS Arena. Jiri Kulich scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	3	2	7	25
NYI	0	1	0	1	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:07	BUF	EV	Beck Malenstyn (3) · wrist	Jacob Bryson (3), Ryan McLeod (10)	1–0
1st	16:49	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (5) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (9), Rasmus Dahlin (14)	2–0
2nd	06:53	BUF	PP	Jason Zucker (9) · slap	Jack Quinn (5), Rasmus Dahlin (15)	3–0
2nd	15:45	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (5) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (16), Jiri Kulich (2)	4–0
2nd	18:21	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (4) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (10), JJ Peterka (15)	5–0
2nd	19:05	NYI	EV	Kyle Palmieri (12) · tip-in	Anthony Duclair (3), Isaiah George (4)	5–1
3rd	10:07	BUF	SH EN	Tage Thompson (17) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (17)	6–1
3rd	15:49	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (6) · wrist	Unassisted	7–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:45	NYI	Anders Lee	slashing	2
1st	16:26	BUF	Owen Power	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	16:26	NYI	Alexander Romanov	roughing	2
2nd	06:00	NYI	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	hooking	2
2nd	11:21	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2
2nd	11:21	NYI	Bo Horvat	roughing	2
3rd	02:42	BUF	Ryan McLeod	interference	2
3rd	05:28	NYI	Ilya Sorokin	delaying game illegal play by goalie	2
3rd	13:48	NYI	Casey Cizikas	roughing	2
3rd	13:48	BUF	Dylan Cozens	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.65 · NYI 2.10 · xG% BUF 55.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	4	4	+4	0	1	0	2		23:11	31
20	Jiri Kulich	C	2	1	3	+2	0	3	0	0	22.2	14:57	20
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	2	2	+3	2	2	0	2	50.0	15:22	22
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1		15:10	20
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1		18:01	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	35.0	17:04	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	100.0	15:53	20
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	3		15:30	24
9	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		13:43	18
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	57.1	13:38	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	2		13:16	19
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+4	0	1	1	3		21:07	31
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		20:57	29
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		20:05	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	5		16:33	24
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	4		15:38	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	50.0	12:05	17
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		11:50	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0		16:41	22
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0		15:45	20
36	Isaiah George	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		13:18	21
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3		26:28	27
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		22:05	31
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-4	0	2	1	3		21:21	32
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	1		20:17	28
14	Bo Horvat	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	66.7	20:02	24
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0	50.0	19:59	20
10	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:23	23
7	Maxim Tsyplakov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		15:50	20
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	100.0	15:42	18
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	58.3	15:31	19
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:16	22
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		13:24	24
32	Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		8:27	14
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	0	58.3	8:23	15
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		7:15	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	L	24	18	6	.750	58:00