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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

NHLJanuary 24, 2026UBS Arena

SabresBuffaloBUFWon29-17-5

Sabres 5, Islanders 0

Final
IslandersNew YorkNYI27-19-5
Score by period
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:07Giveaway by Scott Mayfield
  4. 0:29Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  5. 0:38Tage Thompson hit Matthew Schaefer
  6. 0:41Puck in Benches
  7. 0:41Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  8. 0:52Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  9. 1:18Takeaway by Owen Power
  10. 1:51Puck Frozen - Goalie
  11. 1:51Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  12. 2:07Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Casey Cizikas
  13. 2:11Kyle MacLean hit Zach Metsa
  14. 2:16Adam Boqvist hit Rasmus Dahlin
  15. 2:23Tyson Kozak hit Adam Boqvist
  16. 2:29Kyle MacLean hit Zach Metsa
  17. 2:39Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  18. 2:43Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  19. 2:45Goalie Stopped
  20. 2:45Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  21. 2:53Bo Horvat Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  22. 2:57Emil Heineman hit Bowen Byram
  23. 2:58Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  24. 3:05Scott Mayfield Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  25. 3:21Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  26. 3:56Ryan McLeod Snap Shot Wide Left
  27. 4:12Icing
  28. 4:12Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  29. 4:33Zach Benson hit Adam Boqvist
  30. 4:38Icing
  31. 4:38Tage Thompson faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  32. 4:42Michael Kesselring Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  33. 4:56Scott Mayfield hit Alex Tuch
  34. 5:28Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by Owen Power
  35. 5:29Casey Cizikas Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  36. 5:31On-Ice Official
  37. 5:31Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  38. 5:54Zach Metsa shot blocked by Casey Cizikas
  39. 6:03Beck Malenstyn hit Adam Boqvist
  40. 6:20Puck in Crowd
  41. 6:20Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  42. 6:30Emil Heineman Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  43. 6:32Goalie Stopped
  44. 6:32Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  45. 6:35Emil Heineman Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  46. 6:37Puck in Netting
  47. 6:37Konsta Helenius faceoff won against Anders Lee
  48. 6:52Konsta Helenius Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  49. 7:00Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Anthony Duclair
  50. 7:05Takeaway by Tony DeAngelo
  51. 7:10Noah Ostlund Snap Shot Wide Right
  52. 7:25Giveaway by Anthony Duclair
  53. 7:28Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  54. 7:30Anders Lee Wrap-around saved by Alex Lyon
  55. 7:31Anders Lee Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  56. 7:31Anders Lee Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  57. 7:34Goalie Stopped
  58. 7:34Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  59. 7:55Owen Power shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  60. 8:16Beck Malenstyn hit Adam Boqvist
  61. 8:40Puck in Netting
  62. 8:40Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  63. 9:18Giveaway by Bo Horvat
  64. 9:50Casey Cizikas hit Michael Kesselring
  65. 10:08Mattias Samuelsson hit Kyle MacLean
  66. 10:47Owen Power Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  67. 10:51Konsta Helenius Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  68. 10:53Owen Power shot blocked by Zach Benson
  69. 11:09Takeaway by Mathew Barzal
  70. 11:17Alex Lyon Hooking against Mathew Barzal served by Noah Ostlund
  71. 11:17TV Timeout
  72. 11:17Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  73. 12:33Bo Horvat Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  74. 12:51Tony DeAngelo Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  75. 13:09Anders Lee shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  76. 13:11Emil Heineman shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  77. 13:50Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  78. 14:01Giveaway by Kyle MacLean
  79. 14:01Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  80. 14:59Konsta Helenius hit Adam Boqvist
  81. 15:07Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Isaiah George
  82. 15:08Noah Ostlund Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  83. 15:28Takeaway by Tony DeAngelo
  84. 15:37Icing
  85. 15:37Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  86. 15:41Rasmus Dahlin hit Matthew Schaefer
  87. 15:46Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  88. 15:48Goalie Stopped
  89. 15:48Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  90. 15:56Bo Horvat Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  91. 15:58Goalie Stopped
  92. 15:58Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  93. 16:00Emil Heineman Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  94. 16:03Goalie Stopped
  95. 16:03Anders Lee faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  96. 16:12Giveaway by Owen Power
  97. 16:13Giveaway by Mathew Barzal
  98. 16:18Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  99. 16:32Anthony Duclair Snap Shot Wide Right
  100. 16:40Puck Frozen - Goalie
  101. 16:40Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  102. 16:48Calum Ritchie Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  103. 17:02Tyson Kozak hit Adam Boqvist
  104. 17:05Calum Ritchie Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  105. 17:13Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  106. 17:18Casey Cizikas hit Bowen Byram
  107. 18:37Bo Horvat hit Mattias Samuelsson
  108. 18:41Emil Heineman hit Mattias Samuelsson
  109. 18:50Emil Heineman Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  110. 19:35Tony DeAngelo Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  111. 19:55Mathew Barzal shot blocked by Josh Doan
  112. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  3. 0:12Giveaway by Tony DeAngelo
  4. 0:21Jack Quinn Tip-In Wide Left
  5. 0:31Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  6. 0:33Jason Zucker Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (19), Ryan McLeod (22)
  7. 0:33Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
  8. 0:53Owen Power Slap Shot Short
  9. 0:56Konsta Helenius Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  10. 1:01Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  11. 1:18Anders Lee Tripping against Konsta Helenius
  12. 1:18Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  13. 2:27Tage Thompson shot blocked by Matthew Schaefer
  14. 2:36Bo Horvat Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  15. 2:49Giveaway by Bo Horvat
  16. 3:30Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  17. 3:50Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Anthony Duclair
  18. 4:01Giveaway by Isaiah George
  19. 4:06Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Anthony Duclair
  20. 4:09Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Anthony Duclair
  21. 4:17Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Kyle MacLean
  22. 4:27Michael Kesselring Slap Shot Wide Right
  23. 5:02Calum Ritchie hit Owen Power
  24. 5:08Zach Metsa shot blocked by Adam Pelech
  25. 5:20Casey Cizikas hit Owen Power
  26. 5:23Max Shabanov hit Zach Metsa
  27. 5:49Max Shabanov Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  28. 5:51Goalie Stopped
  29. 5:51Mathew Barzal faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  30. 5:54Anders Lee Tip-In Wide Left
  31. 6:00Off-side
  32. 6:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
  33. 6:08Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  34. 6:12Anders Lee Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  35. 6:22Off-side
  36. 6:22Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  37. 6:45Casey Cizikas shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  38. 6:48Goalie Stopped
  39. 6:48Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  40. 7:26Konsta Helenius hit Tony DeAngelo
  41. 7:31Zach Benson hit Max Shabanov
  42. 7:35Tony DeAngelo shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  43. 8:01Bo Horvat hit Rasmus Dahlin
  44. 8:04Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin
  45. 8:14Scott Mayfield Slap Shot Wide Right
  46. 8:54Alex Tuch Backhand High and Wide Right
  47. 9:39Ryan McLeod Backhand saved by David Rittich
  48. 9:52Anders Lee Slap Shot Wide Right
  49. 10:07Calum Ritchie Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  50. 10:15Calum Ritchie hit Rasmus Dahlin
  51. 10:21Giveaway by Adam Boqvist
  52. 10:37Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  53. 10:39Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  54. 10:47Icing
  55. 10:47Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  56. 11:17Takeaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  57. 11:36Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  58. 11:46Matthew Schaefer Hooking against Noah Ostlund
  59. 11:46TV Timeout
  60. 11:46Jason Zucker faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  61. 11:52Tage Thompson shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
  62. 12:17Simon Holmstrom Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  63. 12:38Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  64. 12:43Bo Horvat Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  65. 13:20Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  66. 14:01Matthew Schaefer Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  67. 14:03Goalie Stopped
  68. 14:03Anders Lee faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  69. 14:18Adam Boqvist Slap Shot Wide Left
  70. 14:53Mathew Barzal Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  71. 14:57Mattias Samuelsson Holding against Mathew Barzal
  72. 14:57Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  73. 15:00Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  74. 17:20Adam Pelech hit Noah Ostlund
  75. 17:35Tage Thompson hit Max Shabanov
  76. 17:38Icing
  77. 17:38Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  78. 18:05Emil Heineman Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  79. 18:13Emil Heineman shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin
  80. 18:40Peyton Krebs hit Tony DeAngelo
  81. 18:43Emil Heineman hit Josh Doan
  82. 18:58Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer
  83. 19:00Off-side
  84. 19:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Mathew Barzal
  85. 19:07Giveaway by Adam Pelech
  86. 19:08Anders Lee hit Mattias Samuelsson
  87. 19:18Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  88. 19:33Anders Lee Wrist Shot Wide Right
  89. 19:33Rasmus Dahlin hit Anders Lee
  90. 19:47Tage Thompson Goal (27) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (18), Mattias Samuelsson (19)
  91. 19:47Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  92. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  3. 0:21Giveaway by Max Shabanov
  4. 0:25Jason Zucker Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (23)
  5. 0:25Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
  6. 1:15Off-side
  7. 1:15Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  8. 1:31Adam Pelech shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  9. 2:00Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  10. 2:03Goalie Stopped
  11. 2:03Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  12. 3:09Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer
  13. 3:16Calum Ritchie hit Bowen Byram
  14. 3:20Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  15. 3:26High Stick
  16. 3:26Bo Horvat faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  17. 3:53Emil Heineman Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  18. 4:00Jonathan Drouin Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  19. 4:04Peyton Krebs hit Matthew Schaefer
  20. 4:51Adam Boqvist hit Zach Benson
  21. 5:50Scott Mayfield hit Beck Malenstyn
  22. 6:12Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  23. 6:14Goalie Stopped
  24. 6:14Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  25. 6:20Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  26. 6:25Jean-Gabriel Pageau Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  27. 7:00Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  28. 7:05Icing
  29. 7:05Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  30. 7:17Alex Tuch Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  31. 7:21Giveaway by Kyle MacLean
  32. 7:56Bo Horvat shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  33. 8:30Tage Thompson shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
  34. 9:09Mattias Samuelsson hit Simon Holmstrom
  35. 9:12Adam Pelech hit Beck Malenstyn
  36. 9:14Adam Pelech Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  37. 9:17Goalie Stopped
  38. 9:17Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  39. 9:18Simon Holmstrom Snap Shot Wide Left
  40. 9:23Adam Pelech Snap Shot Wide Left
  41. 9:28Tony DeAngelo Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  42. 9:37Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Rasmus Dahlin
  43. 10:18Giveaway by Casey Cizikas
  44. 11:04Matthew Schaefer hit Alex Tuch
  45. 11:08Zach Metsa Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  46. 11:12Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer
  47. 12:07Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by David Rittich
  48. 12:08Goalie Stopped
  49. 12:08Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  50. 12:31High Stick
  51. 12:31Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  52. 12:47Kyle MacLean Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  53. 12:51Goalie Stopped
  54. 12:51Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  55. 13:33Icing
  56. 13:33Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  57. 13:39Emil Heineman shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  58. 13:47Bo Horvat shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  59. 13:53Emil Heineman Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  60. 13:55Goalie Stopped
  61. 13:55Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  62. 14:02Rasmus Dahlin Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (15)
  63. 14:02Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  64. 14:38Alex Tuch Goal (18) Deflected, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (20), Michael Kesselring (1)
  65. 14:38Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  66. 15:24Michael Kesselring Cross-checking against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  67. 15:24TV Timeout
  68. 15:24Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  69. 15:38Matthew Schaefer shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  70. 16:43Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  71. 17:07Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Max Shabanov
  72. 17:32Tony DeAngelo Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  73. 17:34Goalie Stopped
  74. 17:34Tage Thompson faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
  75. 17:48Adam Pelech hit Zach Benson
  76. 17:53Zach Benson Slashing against Scott Mayfield
  77. 17:53Scott Mayfield Cross-checking against Zach Benson
  78. 17:53Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  79. 18:46Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  80. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  81. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 0:33BUF 1, NYI 0Jason Zucker Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (19), Ryan McLeod (22)
  2. 19:47BUF 2, NYI 0Tage Thompson Goal (27) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (18), Mattias Samuelsson (19)

3rd

  1. 0:25BUF 3, NYI 0Jason Zucker Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (23)
  2. 14:02BUF 4, NYI 0Rasmus Dahlin Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (15)
  3. 14:38BUF 5, NYI 0Alex Tuch Goal (18) Deflected, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (20), Michael Kesselring (1)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

IslandersNew York

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jason Zucker LW202002013:4433.33213000171311:052:390:00
Alex Tuch RW102002017:570.01000021231812:551:163:46
Tage Thompson C101020017:0637.53530012212714:162:500:00
Beck Malenstyn LW000020012:260.0000000017410:160:002:10
Jack Quinn RW012000013:120.02000010171111:591:130:00
Josh Doan RW002001015:190.00000000171512:372:420:00
Konsta Helenius C000020011:03100.0201001015111:030:000:00
Noah Ostlund C000001016:5616.7051002120914:152:310:10
Peyton Krebs C012020012:4420.0082100017612:440:000:00
Ryan McLeod C022000018:1421.111541011241112:571:293:48
Tyson Kozak C00102009:4433.302100001429:440:000:00
Zach Benson LW011020217:320.0000010023614:101:202:02
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Rasmus Dahlin D104020024:4430010100.028818:573:162:31
Bowen Byram D001000021:1820020000.0271017:130:443:21
Mattias Samuelsson D024021221:3210021010.026819:000:002:32
Michael Kesselring D011003213:4510001100.016012:290:001:16
Owen Power D000001024:3010010110.026322:060:002:24
Zach Metsa D000000010:1410030000.013110:140:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Alex Lyon G260261.00060:0020230300

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