3 New York 6th Metropolitan43-34-0-5

4 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

FINAL 3 FINAL 4 7:00PM ET · Mar 31, 2026

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Islanders vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
NYI NY Islanders	0	1	2	3	Ilya Sorokin
BUF Buffalo	1	0	3	4	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
NYI NY Islanders	+140	6o (1)	+1.5 (0.5)
BUF Buffalo	-170	6u	-1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
14:19		J. Quinn (PP) Assisted by: J. Norris ,
Scoring - Period 2
17:57		C. Ritchie (PP) Assisted by: B. Schenn , B. Horvat
Scoring - Period 3
2:40		T. Thompson (PP) Assisted by: J. Quinn , J. Norris
13:39		A. Lee Assisted by: M. Schaefer , B. Horvat
16:59		P. Krebs Assisted by: T. Thompson , A. Tuch
18:17		B. Byram (EN) Assisted by: M. Samuelsson ,
19:59		B. Schenn Assisted by: M. Barzal , B. Horvat

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
0:41		C. Soucy (2:00) High Sticking
1:31		J. Norris (2:00) Interference
13:58		A. Pelech (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
2:18		C. Cizikas (2:00) High Sticking
17:41		M. Samuelsson (2:00) Delay Of Game
Penalties - Period 3
0:01		S. Carrick (5:00) Fighting
0:01		A. Lee (5:00) Fighting
1:28		C. Soucy (2:00) Hooking
8:45		J. Norris (2:00) Roughing
8:45		J. Quinn (2:00) Roughing
8:45		S. Mayfield (2:00) Roughing

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
NY Islanders	6	9	13	28
Buffalo	12	7	14	33

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
NY Islanders	3	28	10.71	33.33	50.00	32	6	15
Buffalo	4	33	12.12	50.00	66.67	27	5	13

Goaltending

NY Islanders

NY Islanders Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
I. Sorokin	32	29	3	.906	0	57:52

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	28	25	3	.893	0	59:41

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
3	D	A. Pelech	0	0	0	E	2	2	31	21:17	18:29	0:27	2:21	0	-	-	-
4	D	C. Soucy	0	0	0	-1	4	0	31	19:22	18:04	0:05	1:13	0	-	-	-
6	D	R. Pulock	0	0	0	1	0	2	30	19:17	16:35	0:00	2:42	0	-	-	-
10	C	B. Schenn	1	1	2	E	0	1	20	18:54	16:05	2:49	0:00	0	4	3	57
11	LW	A. Duclair	0	0	0	E	0	0	16	11:29	11:29	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
13	C	M. Barzal	0	1	1	E	0	3	23	20:24	17:34	2:50	0:00	0	-	1	0
14	C	B. Horvat	0	3	3	E	0	3	25	21:22	15:56	2:43	2:43	0	12	11	52
16	C	M. Gatcomb	0	0	0	E	0	2	15	11:07	11:07	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
24	D	S. Mayfield	0	0	0	E	2	0	17	12:01	10:21	0:00	1:40	0	-	-	-
27	LW	A. Lee	1	0	1	1	5	2	18	14:10	13:54	0:16	0:00	0	-	-	-
32	C	K. MacLean	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	12:18	12:18	0:00	0:00	0	1	-	100
34	D	A. Boqvist	0	0	0	E	0	3	20	13:02	12:35	0:27	0:00	0	-	-	-
44	C	J. Pageau	0	0	0	E	0	1	22	15:19	12:25	0:13	2:41	0	10	8	56
48	D	M. Schaefer	0	1	1	E	0	4	29	29:40	26:11	2:39	0:50	0	-	-	-
51	LW	E. Heineman	0	0	0	E	0	1	22	15:21	13:04	0:12	2:05	0	-	-	-
53	C	C. Cizikas	0	0	0	E	2	1	19	13:17	12:00	0:00	1:17	0	5	4	56
64	C	C. Ritchie	1	0	1	E	0	1	20	16:33	13:44	2:49	0:00	1	-	-	-
81	LW	O. Palat	0	0	0	-1	0	2	15	11:42	11:42	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
30	G	I. Sorokin	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	57:52	50:23	3:06	4:23	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	1	0	1	E	0	2	25	22:14	20:08	0:52	1:14	0	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	0	0	0	1	0	4	20	13:02	12:10	0:52	0:00	0	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	0	2	2	1	6	1	22	15:04	11:33	3:31	0:00	0	4	6	40
10	C	S. Carrick	0	0	0	E	5	1	13	6:47	6:30	0:00	0:17	0	4	5	44
12	LW	J. Greenway	0	0	0	E	0	0	17	11:13	9:40	0:00	1:33	0	-	-	-
17	LW	J. Zucker	0	0	0	-1	0	2	21	15:32	12:01	3:31	0:00	0	1	2	33
19	C	P. Krebs	1	0	1	E	0	1	21	17:37	17:37	0:00	0:00	0	1	3	25
22	RW	J. Quinn	1	1	2	-1	0	7	22	16:11	12:40	3:31	0:00	1	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	1	1	E	2	1	27	22:44	21:25	0:00	1:19	0	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	-2	0	1	24	19:16	17:27	0:00	1:49	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	0	0	1	0	3	26	23:14	19:43	3:31	0:00	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	2	17	11:20	9:33	0:00	1:47	0	1	1	50
64	D	L. Stanley	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	13:54	12:50	0:00	1:04	0	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	-1	0	2	27	18:38	16:12	0:52	1:34	0	8	10	44
72	C	T. Thompson	1	1	2	E	0	3	24	21:31	18:00	3:31	0:00	1	7	5	58
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	14:04	13:19	0:00	0:45	0	-	-	-
89	RW	A. Tuch	0	1	1	E	0	0	24	20:25	18:31	0:52	1:02	0	1	-	100
91	RW	J. Doan	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	13:17	12:25	0:52	0:00	0	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:41	52:12	4:23	3:06	0	-	-	-

Game Info

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Jake Brenk , Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen Dylan Blujus, James Tobias

Attendance 19,070 attendance

NYI vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
NYI	42-28-5	36-39-0	34-39-2	21-15-3	21-13-2
BUF	45-21-8	40-34-0	34-37-3	22-11-4	23-10-4

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

2-8-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Jan 24, '26	NYI	5 - 0	BUF -114	u6.5	26	21	0-3	0-2
Dec 20, '25	BUF	3 - 2 (SO)	BUF -182	u6.5	32	34	1-4	1-3
Dec 23, '24	NYI	7 - 1	BUF +134	o5.5	28	25	0-1	1-3
Nov 30, '24	NYI	3 - 0	NYI -126	u5.5	20	29	1-3	0-2
Nov 01, '24	BUF	4 - 3	NYI +102	o5.5	35	36	1-4	1-4
Mar 14, '24	BUF	4 - 0	BUF +102	u5.5	37	21	1-4	0-4
Oct 21, '23	BUF	3 - 1	BUF -128	u6.5	42	25	0-3	0-3
Oct 14, '23	NYI	3 - 2	NYI -143	u6.5	29	28	0-3	0-2
Mar 25, '23	NYI	2 - 0	BUF +148	u6.5	26	35	0-2	0-3
Mar 07, '23	NYI	3 - 2	NYI -156	u6.5	39	24	0-2	0-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-5-0-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 30, '26	PIT	L 3 - 8	L -130	o6.5	23	32	1-2	0-1
Mar 28, '26	FLA	W 5 - 2	W -205	o5.5	40	21	1-3	0-1
Mar 26, '26	DAL	W 2 - 1	W +100	u5.5	25	27	0-3	0-2
Mar 24, '26	CHI	L 3 - 4	L -170	o6.0	47	24	0-2	0-2
Mar 22, '26	CLB	W 1 - 0	W +102	u6.0	22	26	0-3	0-0
Mar 21, '26	@ MON	L 3 - 7	L +102	o6.0	22	36	2-3	3-4
Mar 19, '26	@ OTT	L 2 - 3	L +102	u6.0	19	27	0-4	0-2
Mar 17, '26	@ TOR	W 3 - 1	W -160	u6.0	34	27	2-6	0-3
Mar 14, '26	CAL	W 3 - 2	W -142	u6.0	27	32	0-1	0-2
Mar 13, '26	LA	L 2 - 3	L -142	u5.5	23	27	0-3	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 03, '26	PHI	W 4-0	W -110	u5.5
Apr 04, '26	@ CAR	L 2-6	L +180	o6.5
Apr 09, '26	TOR	W 3-1	W -160	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-2-2-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Mar 28, '26	SEA	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -192	u6.5	36	34	1-3	0-4
Mar 27, '26	DET	L 2 - 5	L -137	o6.5	30	19	0-3	2-6
Mar 25, '26	BOS	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -205	o6.5	25	31	2-3	0-2
Mar 22, '26	@ ANA	L 5 - 6 (OT)	L -125	o6.5	29	33	0-3	3-4
Mar 21, '26	@ LA	W 4 - 1	W -130	u6.5	33	27	1-1	1-3
Mar 19, '26	@ SJ	W 5 - 0	W -142	u6.5	16	23	0-2	0-2
Mar 17, '26	@ VEG	W 2 - 0	W +116	u6.5	25	29	0-2	0-3
Mar 14, '26	TOR	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -240	u6.5	33	18	1-4	0-2
Mar 12, '26	WAS	L 1 - 2	L -210	u6.5	30	22	0-2	0-2
Mar 10, '26	SJ	W 6 - 3	W -205	o6.5	26	20	0-1	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 02, '26	@ OTT	W 3-2 (OT)	W +140	u6.0
Apr 04, '26	@ WAS	L 1-2	L -210	u6.5
Apr 06, '26	TB	W 8-7	W -102	o6.5

NYI vs BUF Preview

NY Islanders at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Jan 24, 2026 ) Buffalo 5, NY Islanders 0

The Buffalo Sabres hope to ride the momentum of a late rally into their game Tuesday against the visiting New York Islanders.

Buffalo (45-21-8, 98 points) appears to be a lock to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2010-11 season. The Sabres are battling the Tampa Bay Lightning for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

Having lost three in a row (0-1-2), Buffalo trailed by two goals in the third period to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday before rallying to a 3-2 win in a shootout.

"I think it doesn't really matter what the score is, we want to play the same way," said Tage Thompson, who scored one of two shootout goals.

"I thought we had a really good response, especially in the second (period). I thought we played a really good second and third. The first was not great, but not bad. We just gave them too many chances. I don't think there was any doubt in the room after the first (goal)."

Captain Rasmus Dahlin and Peyton Krebs each scored in regulation while Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves and denied two attempts in the shootout.

Dahlin's goal was the 100th of his career. He joined Phil Housley as the only two defensemen in Sabres' history to reach the century mark in goals.

The Islanders' (42-28-5, 89 points) two-game winning snapped on Monday with an 8-3 setback to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh moved past New York into second place in the Metropolitan Division standings.

New York led 3-1 in the second period before allowing seven unanswered goals.

"We were just awful defensively," Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock said. "[We allowed] guys behind us, breakaways, losing puck battles ... halfway through that (the third) period, we were just awful defensively."

Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist and captain Anders Lee and Brayden Schenn also tallied for New York. Defenseman Adam Boqvist and Calum Ritchie each had two assists. Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves before being replaced by David Rittich, who stopped two shots.

"We had a chance to get back in the game, and I think we didn't match the game as well as we did in the first half of the game," Islanders' coach Patrick Roy said. "It could be [due to] line changes, or it could be losing battles in the corner. Our sticks were not as good. It's things that we've been doing so well lately, and I guess we just had a bad one in the system."

"You don't like to be embarrassed like this in front of your fans, so we need to regroup and be ready for [Buffalo]. ... We can't give that many chances and think we're gonna win hockey games."

Buffalo won the first two meetings of the season series against New York. The Sabres recorded a 3-2 victory in a shootout on Dec. 20 and a 5-0 romp on Jan. 24.

--Field Level Media

NYI vs BUFInjury report

New York's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

New York Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	10	Brayden Schenn
LW	11	Anthony Duclair
C	13	Mathew Barzal
C	14	Bo Horvat
C	16	Marc Gatcomb
LW	27	Anders Lee
C	32	Kyle MacLean
C	43	Liam Foudy
C	44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau
RW	49	Max Shabanov
LW	51	Emil Heineman
C	53	Casey Cizikas
C	64	Calum Ritchie
RW	73	Victor Eklund
LW	81	Ondrej Palat
RW	92	Simon Holmstrom

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	3	Adam Pelech
D	4	Carson Soucy
D	6	Ryan Pulock
D	24	Scott Mayfield
G	30	Ilya Sorokin
G	33	David Rittich
D	34	Adam Boqvist
D	36	Isaiah George
D	48	Matthew Schaefer
D	77	Tony DeAngelo

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( May 02, '26)	May 02, '26
The Sabres said on Sunday (May. 3) that Ostlund isn't expected to be available to play in the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	45	Riley Fiddler-Schultz
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	92	Anton Wahlberg
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	27	Devon Levi
D	33	Ryan Johnson
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	57	Radim Mrtka
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	76	Vsevolod Komarov
G	92	Colten Ellis

GoaltendersLast 5

NY Islanders
Buffalo

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.14

Save %

.851

NY Islanders Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
I.Sorokin	Mar 30, 2026	NYI 3 - PIT 8	L	7	29	.759	-	L -130	o6.5
D.Rittich	Mar 30, 2026	NYI 3 - PIT 8	-	1	3	.667	-	L -130	o6.5
I.Sorokin	Mar 28, 2026	NYI 5 - FLA 2	W	2	21	.905	-	W -205	o5.5
I.Sorokin	Mar 26, 2026	NYI 2 - DAL 1	W	1	27	.963	-	W +100	u5.5
D.Rittich	Mar 24, 2026	NYI 3 - CHI 4	-	3	12	.750	-	L -170	o6.0
I.Sorokin	Mar 24, 2026	NYI 3 - CHI 4	L	1	12	.917	-	L -170	o6.0
I.Sorokin	Mar 22, 2026	NYI 1 - CLB 0	W	0	26	1.00	-	W +102	u6.0

W/L

2-1-2-0

GAA

3.40

Save %

.877

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Mar 28, 2026	BUF 3 - SEA 2 (SO)	W	2	34	.941	-	W -192	u6.5
A.Lyon	Mar 27, 2026	BUF 2 - DET 5	L	4	19	.789	-	L -137	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Mar 25, 2026	BUF 3 - BOS 4 (OT)	-	4	31	.871	-	L -205	o6.5
A.Lyon	Mar 22, 2026	ANA 6 - BUF 5 (OT)	-	6	33	.818	-	L -125	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Mar 21, 2026	LA 1 - BUF 4	W	1	27	.963	-	W -130	u6.5

NYI vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

NYINY Islanders Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.92	Total	2.95
0.81	1st Period	0.95
1.05	2nd Period	0.86
0.87	3rd Period	1.03
0.13	OT	0.11

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.19	Total	29.42
7.48	1st Period	7.58
8.72	2nd Period	8.38
7.43	3rd Period	8.22
0.57	OT	0.32

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.10	Total	0.90
0.11	1st Period	0.88
0.12	2nd Period	0.90
0.12	3rd Period	0.87
0.23	OT	0.67

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
37 - 221	G/Att vs. GA/Att	37 - 205
16.74	PP % vs. PK %	81.95

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
NY Islanders Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
David Rittich	699	625	0.894	14-9-3
Ilya Sorokin	1384	1260	0.910	28-19-2
Semyon Varlamov	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Islanders vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

NYI vs BUFRecords

NYI vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

NYI vs BUF Preview

NYI vs BUFInjury report

New York's Injuries

New York Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

NYI vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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