The Buffalo Sabres lost to the New York Islanders, 3 to 2, in overtime on March 26, 1997.

1996-97 Buffalo Sabres

Final

NYI

Islanders

26-36-11

3

BUF

Sabres

38-24-11

2

Team

NYI

BUF

1

1

1

2

1

0

3

0

1

OT

1

0

Total

3

2

1st period

NYI

BUF

Sabres

Brad May (EV) assisted by Rob Ray and Wayne Primeau

0

1

Islanders

Niklas Andersson (EV) assisted by Todd Bertuzzi and Travis Green

1

1

2nd period

NYI

BUF

Islanders

Dan Plante (EV) assisted by Ken Belanger and Dennis Vaske

2

1

3rd period

NYI

BUF

Sabres

Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Jason Dawe and Alexei Zhitnik

2

2

OT

NYI

BUF

Islanders

Bryan Berard (EV) assisted by Bryan McCabe and Bryan Smolinski

3

2

Islanders

Sabres

Goals

3

2

Shots

28

27

Penalty Minutes

18

18

Power-Play Goals

0

0

Power-Play Opportunities

3

3

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Tommy Salo (W) 27 2 25 .926 61:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Niklas Andersson 1 0 +1 0 3
Ken Belanger 0 1 +1 5 0
Bryan Berard 1 0 0 0 4
Todd Bertuzzi 0 1 +1 2 0
Travis Green 0 1 +1 0 1
Kenny Jonsson 0 0 -1 0 2
Scott Lachance 0 0 +1 0 0
Bryan McCabe 0 1 +1 5 2
Ziggy Palffy 0 0 -1 0 5
Dan Plante 1 0 0 0 2
Robert Reichel 0 0 0 0 4
Bryan Smolinski 0 1 0 2 4
Dennis Vaske 0 1 +1 0 0
Steve Webb 0 0 0 2 0
Randy Wood 0 0 -1 2 1

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Steve Shields (L) 28 3 25 .893 61:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Donald Audette 0 0 -3 0 4
Matthew Barnaby 0 0 0 7 0
Bob Boughner 0 0 0 5 1
Jason Dawe 0 1 +1 0 2
Garry Galley 0 0 0 0 2
Michal Grosek 0 0 0 0 1
Brad May 1 0 +1 0 2
Jay McKee 0 0 -1 0 1
Michael Peca 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Primeau 0 1 0 0 1
Rob Ray 0 1 -1 2 1
Miroslav Satan 1 0 +1 0 2
Darryl Shannon 0 0 -2 2 0
Richard Smehlik 0 0 +1 2 1
Dixon Ward 0 0 -1 0 3
Mike Wilson 0 0 -1 0 1
Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 +1 0 4

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Team Leaders

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G

29

Thompson

Tage Thompson

A

39

Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

+/-

+14

Jokiharju

Henri Jokiharju

Team Rankings

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G/GP

2.98

23rd

GA/GP

2.96

11th

PP%

16.6

29th

PK%

79.8

13th

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Lightning Lightning
45 29 8 98 23
Red Wings Red Wings
41 32 9 91 4
Sabres Sabres
39 37 6 84 2
Senators Senators
37 41 4 78 -26
Canadiens Canadiens
30 36 16 76 -53

Last Game

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TBL Lightning

44-29-8

2

Final

4

BUF Sabres

39-37-6

Mon 15 Apr 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

Goals Leaders

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69

Matthews

Auston Matthews

57

Reinhart

Sam Reinhart

54

Hyman

Zach Hyman

Assists Leaders

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100

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

100

McDavid

Connor McDavid

89

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

Points Leaders

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144

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

140

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

132

McDavid

Connor McDavid

+/- Leaders

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+56

Forsling

Gustav Forsling

+46

DeMelo

Dylan DeMelo

+44

Ekholm

Mattias Ekholm

Goals Against Leaders

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2.03

Stolarz

Anthony Stolarz

2.33

Kochetkov

Pyotr Kochetkov

2.37

Bobrovsky

Sergei Bobrovsky

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

3.68

Maple Leafs

3.63

Stars

3.59

Goals Against Rankings

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Jets

2.41

Panthers

2.41

Kings

2.56

Power Play Rankings

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Lightning

28.6

Hurricanes

26.9

Rangers

26.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

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Hurricanes

86.4

Kings

84.6

Rangers

84.5

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
55 23 4 114 53
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
52 23 7 111 63
3
Islanders Islanders
39 27 16 94 -17
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Panthers Panthers
52 24 6 110 68
2
Bruins Bruins
47 20 15 109 43
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
46 26 10 102 40
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
52 21 9 113 64
2
Jets Jets
52 24 6 110 60
3
Avalanche Avalanche
50 25 7 107 50
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
50 23 9 109 56
2
Oilers Oilers
49 27 6 104 57
3
Kings Kings
44 27 11 99 41

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
CHI CHI
@
LAK LAK
4-5
Wed
4/17
ANA ANA
@
VGK VGK
4-1
Wed
4/17
EDM EDM
@
COL COL
1-5
Wed
4/17
SJS SJS
@
CGY CGY
1-5
Wed
4/17
VAN VAN
@
WPG WPG
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/20
NYI NYI
@
CAR CAR
5:00 PM
Sat
4/20
TOR TOR
@
BOS BOS
8:00 PM
Sun
4/21
TBL TBL
@
FLA FLA
12:30 PM
Sun
4/21
WSH WSH
@
NYR NYR
3:00 PM
Sun
4/21
COL COL
@
WPG WPG
7:00 PM