New York IslandersvsBuffalo Sabres — Dec 19, 2025

Dec 19, 2025

Final

Three Stars

First Star
A. Lyon
BUF logo

A. Lyon

BUF • #34 • G
SV% .941PPSA 0/1SHSA 1/1
Second Star
R. Dahlin
BUF logo

R. Dahlin

BUF • #26 • D
G 1A 0PTS 1SOG 5
Third Star
J. Norris
BUF logo

J. Norris

BUF • #9 • C
G 0A 0PTS 0SOG 2

Linescore

Team123OTSOTotal
NYI011002
BUF110013

Shots On Goal

Team123OTTotal
NYI7157534
BUF12107332

Goals

1st Period

R. Dahlin
BUF

R. Dahlin(4th)

1:47(PP)

Power play goal assisted by A. Lyon

2nd Period

T. Thompson
BUF

T. Thompson(18th)

8:55(EV)

Assisted by J. Doan and P. Krebs

M. Barzal
NYI

M. Barzal(10th)

19:37(EV)

Assisted by A. Lee and S. Holmstrom

3rd Period

E. Heineman
NYI

E. Heineman(12th)

19:31(PP)

Power play goal assisted by M. Barzal and M. Schaefer

Shootout

J. Norris
BUF

J. Norris

0:00(EV)

Unassisted

Game Stats

Away team logo
vs
Home team logo

34

Shots On Goal

32

55.0

Faceoff %

45.0

1-3 (33.3%)

Power Play %

(25.0%) 1-4

8

Penalty Minutes

6

25

Hits

18

8

Blocked Shots

11

21

Giveaways

18

4

Takeaways

5

Box Score

19P. Krebs011000310000.413:29
72T. Thompson101000000040.622:48
91J. Doan011000001020.019:09
6Z. Benson000000002120.018:25
9J. Norris000000002220.319:39
12J. Greenway000000100011.009:33
22J. Quinn000000001020.015:24
29B. Malenstyn000020510010.008:55
44J. Dunne000000112010.610:20
71R. McLeod000000102000.117:06
86N. Ostlund000000001111.014:42
89A. Tuch000020111050.321:06
26R. Dahlin101+101100050.025:52
4B. Byram000000311010.022:49
8M. Kesselring000-120131020.017:28
23M. Samuelsson000+100110100.024:12
25O. Power000-100021020.017:05
73Z. Metsa000000002010.014:05
34A. Lyon.9413432231/3210/111/1064:55
1U. Luukkonen-0000/000/000/0000:00
OVRTeamGFGAGDL10StrkPTS
10th
NYI
103100+36-4-0L241
24th
BUF
103112-96-4-0W434
Playoff SpotWildcardOut of Playoffs

Season Stats Comparison

BUFStatNYI
3.44Goals/Game2.87
2.95Goals Against/Game2.87
28.2Shots/Game28.2
19.9%Power Play %17.2%
81.7%Penalty Kill %81.1%
45.7%Faceoff %52.8%

Goaltenders

BUF

1
Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

5 GP

Record

20-10-4

GAA

2.77

EV%

.924

PK%

.867

SV%

.907

2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

5 GP

Record

21-9-3

GAA

2.56

EV%

.842

PK%

.667

SV%

.909

NYI

1
Ilya Sorokin

Ilya Sorokin

5 GP

Record

29-22-2

GAA

2.66

EV%

.916

PK%

.833

SV%

.908

2
David Rittich

David Rittich

5 GP

Record

14-9-3

GAA

2.78

EV%

.968

PK%

-

SV%

.894

Hot Players (Last 5 Games)

BUF

1
T. Thompson

T. Thompson

C | 5GP

G

5

A

3

P

8

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.60

2
R. Dahlin

R. Dahlin

D | 5GP

G

2

A

6

P

8

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.60

3
A. Tuch

A. Tuch

R | 4GP

G

2

A

3

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.25

NYI

1
A. Lee

A. Lee

L | 5GP

G

3

A

3

P

6

PPP

2

PPG

2

P/G

1.20

2
M. Barzal

M. Barzal

C | 5GP

G

0

A

5

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

3
S. Holmstrom

S. Holmstrom

R | 5GP

G

2

A

2

P

4

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

0.80

Avg Goals Scored Per Period

0.800.88
0.891.18
0.910.94
1st Period2nd Period3rd Period
NYI
BUF

Head-to-Head

Performance in Last 10 Matchups

Head-to-Head Wins

NYI (4)BUF (6)

Goals / Game

NYI
2.00
BUF
3.10

Goals Against / Game

NYI
3.10
BUF
2.00

Shots / Game

NYI
15.9
BUF
19.6

Power Play %

NYI
11.1%
BUF
16.7%

Penalty Kill %

NYI
83.3%
BUF
88.9%

Face-Off %

NYI
53.7%
BUF
46.3%

Scratches

BUF

1
Jacob Bryson

Jacob Bryson

2
Isak Rosen

Isak Rosen

3
Tyson Kozak

Tyson Kozak

NYI

1
Bo Horvat

Bo Horvat

2
Adam Boqvist

Adam Boqvist

3
Max Shabanov

Max Shabanov

PIM Leaders (Season)

BUF

1
Peyton Krebs

Peyton Krebs

C

PIM

78

2
Rasmus Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

D

PIM

74

3
Alex Tuch

Alex Tuch

R

PIM

57

NYI

1
Scott Mayfield

Scott Mayfield

D

PIM

83

2
Mathew Barzal

Mathew Barzal

C

PIM

61

3
Adam Pelech

Adam Pelech

D

PIM

48

Past H2H Results