Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Sun, Mar 7, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 5

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Brock Nelson scored twice. Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	2	2	26
NYI	0	3	2	5	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	05:13	NYI	EV	Anders Lee (12) · tip-in	Jordan Eberle (7), Noah Dobson (9)	0–1
2nd	06:15	NYI	EV	Brock Nelson (8) · backhand	Oliver Wahlstrom (5), Nick Leddy (15)	0–2
2nd	16:56	NYI	EV	Casey Cizikas (4) · wrist	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7), Adam Pelech (6)	0–3
3rd	05:41	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (1) · wrist	Curtis Lazar (2), Casey Mittelstadt (3)	1–3
3rd	09:35	BUF	EV	Colin Miller (3) · wrist	Jack Eichel (16), Taylor Hall (12)	2–3
3rd	12:57	NYI	EV	Cal Clutterbuck (3) · backhand	Matt Martin (4)	2–4
3rd	17:48	NYI	SH EN	Brock Nelson (9) · wrist	Ryan Pulock (10)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:53	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2
2nd	03:07	BUF	Cody Eakin	holding	2
2nd	09:07	NYI	Scott Mayfield	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.58 · NYI 2.94 · xG% BUF 46.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	47.1	19:55	22
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		19:49	22
33	Colin Miller	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0		19:12	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	25.0	15:03	20
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	66.7	13:36	18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0		12:29	18
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3		22:29	24
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	1		20:37	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		19:16	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	5	0		18:52	24
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		17:54	21
88	Brandon Davidson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1		17:24	22
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		16:45	20
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	8.3	15:15	21
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		13:58	18
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		11:44	17
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	77.8	11:13	18
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:11	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jonas Johansson	L	29	25	4	.862	59:45

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Brock Nelson	C	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	0	63.6	17:37	24
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	4	0		23:30	27
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		21:31	26
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2		19:47	25
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	0	25.0	17:02	21
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	57.9	16:56	24
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		16:54	22
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1		15:46	20
53	Casey Cizikas	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	57.1	15:39	22
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	2		15:21	21
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		10:56	14
17	Matt Martin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0		10:52	17
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		18:24	22
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		17:58	22
18	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		17:21	20
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	60.0	17:09	19
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		16:43	22
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:34	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00