Islanders vs. Sabres (Mar 31, 2026)

Forward Matchup

M. Barzal

NYI C #13

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

18

Goals

36

64

Points

72

155

Shots on Goal

239

Defenseman Matchup

M. Schaefer

NYI D #48

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

51

Points

65

97

Blocks

75

33

Hits

61

Goalie Matchup

I. Sorokin

NYI G #30

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

26

Wins

20

.913

Save Pct

.911

2.53

Goals Against Avg

2.64

NYI

Team Stats

BUF

2.85

Goals per Game

3.48

2.77

Goals Against per Game

2.92

27.87

Shots per Game

28.03

28.15

Shots Against per Game

29.48

16.6

Power Play Pct

20.4

81.1

Penalty Kill Pct

81.9

.901

Save Pct

.901

NYI

Injuries

BUF

Ryan Pulock

D

Day to day (Lower-Body)

LW

Tanner Pearson

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Anthony Duclair

LW

Day to day (Lower-Body)

RW

Justin Danforth

Out (Lower Body)

Alexander Romanov

D

Out (Shoulder)

D

Conor Timmins

Out (Leg)

Kyle Palmieri

C

Out (Knee)

LW

Jordan Greenway

Out (Abdomen)

Pierre Engvall

LW

Out for season (Ankle)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out for season (Ear)

Semyon Varlamov

G

Out for season (Knee)

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

NYIBUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	45	19	6	96	44
Penguins	35	19	16	86	22
Blue Jackets	37	22	11	85	13
Islanders	40	26	5	85	4
Flyers	34	23	12	80	-9
Capitals	35	27	9	79	12
Devils	35	32	2	72	-22
Rangers	28	34	9	65	-27

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	44	20	7	95	44
Lightning	43	21	5	91	59
Canadiens	38	21	10	86	16
Bruins	39	23	8	86	17
Red Wings	38	24	8	84	-3
Senators	37	24	9	83	22
Panthers	34	32	3	71	-23
Maple Leafs	29	29	13	71	-29

NYI

Last 5

BUF

Sun, Mar 22

Sun, Mar 22

Sat, Mar 21

Sat, Mar 21

Thu, Mar 19

Thu, Mar 19

Tue, Mar 17

Tue, Mar 17

Sat, Mar 14

Sat, Mar 14

Game Info

March 31, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

29

B. Horvat

A

46

M. Barzal

GWG

7

B. Horvat

SV%

.913

I. Sorokin

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	45	45	26	17	2	1,295	1,182	.913	113	2.53	7	2680
	David Rittich D. Rittich	27	26	14	9	3	684	614	.898	70	2.69	2	1563

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	19	19	13	5	1	562	526	.936	36	1.99	2	1085
Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	13	13	7	4	2	390	355	.910	35	2.70	2	778
David Rittich D. Rittich	9	9	4	3	2	231	208	.900	23	2.65	0	522

Team Leaders

G

36

T. Thompson

A

50

R. Dahlin

GWG

5

J. Zucker

SV%

.911

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs NYI

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	38	11	18	29	+19	23	3	4	1	0	2	0	79	13.9	3	9	33.3	58	23	12	24	15:39
Brayden Schenn B. Schenn	33	17	7	24	+1	14	4	2	0	0	3	0	77	22.1	143	284	50.4	54	12	13	10	16:43
Anders Lee A. Lee	38	15	8	23	+11	21	5	0	0	0	3	0	83	18.1	18	43	41.9	59	15	8	11	16:22
Casey Cizikas C. Cizikas	42	6	14	20	+6	12	0	1	1	0	2	0	63	9.5	262	479	54.7	76	22	13	10	13:34
Kyle Palmieri K. Palmieri	32	10	7	17	-6	8	1	3	0	0	1	0	84	11.9	4	17	23.5	44	9	18	12	16:54
Bo Horvat B. Horvat	25	7	9	16	-5	10	3	1	0	0	1	0	77	9.1	277	485	57.1	29	12	8	20	19:02
Jean-Gabriel Pageau J. Pageau	42	10	6	16	-4	10	3	0	0	2	5	0	88	11.4	325	575	56.5	60	35	12	19	16:33
Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	25	5	10	15	+7	12	0	2	0	0	1	1	55	9.1	72	152	47.4	11	8	15	24	18:15
Anthony Duclair A. Duclair	22	7	4	11	-8	6	2	1	1	0	2	0	38	18.4	1	6	16.7	17	9	3	9	14:43
Ryan Pulock R. Pulock	27	3	6	9	+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	5.6	0	0	0	39	50	4	14	21:59
Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	16	3	4	7	+10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	37	8.1	0	0	0	8	15	4	11	19:11
Adam Pelech A. Pelech	30	1	5	6	+11	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	2.7	0	0	0	47	46	10	27	20:10
Scott Mayfield S. Mayfield	28	2	3	5	-1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	4.9	0	0	0	33	50	4	22	19:07
Pierre Engvall P. Engvall	16	0	4	4	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0.0	5	19	26.3	8	0	6	8	12:48
Simon Holmstrom S. Holmstrom	9	2	2	4	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	22.2	0	1	0.0	2	5	5	2	15:13
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	10	2	1	3	+11	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0	0	12	14	2	7	17:11
Emil Heineman E. Heineman	6	2	1	3	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	0	1	0.0	13	3	0	3	14:11
Alexander Romanov A. Romanov	13	0	2	2	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	0	0	0	28	21	7	15	20:09
Adam Boqvist A. Boqvist	8	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	14:34
Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	2	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	23:25
Kyle MacLean K. MacLean	6	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	25	32.0	8	3	0	3	11:22
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:14
Calum Ritchie C. Ritchie	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	3	7	42.9	3	0	0	1	13:59
Max Shabanov M. Shabanov	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14:43

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	27	3	15	18	+2	12	2	6	0	0	0	57	5.3	0	0	0	32	29	10	18	23:27
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	26	11	5	16	+3	23	2	2	0	0	1	53	20.8	6	14	42.9	44	20	11	16	15:35
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	21	6	4	10	+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	67	9.0	84	191	44.0	18	3	9	4	16:42
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	18	5	3	8	-1	11	2	2	0	0	0	44	11.4	8	26	30.8	10	24	11	15	17:38
Zach Benson Z. Benson	6	3	3	6	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	33.3	0	0	0	5	1	2	2	16:14
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	13	2	3	5	+8	4	0	0	1	1	0	19	10.5	39	91	42.9	24	2	3	6	12:07
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	43	1	4	5	-2	13	0	0	0	0	0	59	1.7	0	0	0	127	75	11	32	17:49
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	2	3	5	-6	4	2	2	0	0	0	15	13.3	62	121	51.2	12	2	5	9	19:38
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	11	0	5	5	+3	6	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	48	119	40.3	3	4	5	5	13:44
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	19	2	2	4	-9	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	1	7	14.3	18	8	3	9	14:14
Bowen Byram B. Byram	9	1	3	4	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	13	10	4	5	21:20
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	15	0	4	4	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	0.0	40	93	43.0	22	4	1	9	14:21
Owen Power O. Power	12	1	3	4	+5	4	0	1	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	0	2	18	3	10	22:22
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	12	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	2	3	66.7	22	4	4	3	14:29
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	11	1	2	3	+6	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	8.3	0	0	0	17	9	4	7	20:13
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	8	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	2	0.0	4	6	1	2	14:32
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	10	2	1	3	-3	8	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	16	44	36.4	17	11	0	1	12:48
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	2	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	40.0	2	12	16.7	1	0	0	1	13:48
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	10	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	3	0.0	26	13	2	2	12:06
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0	0	8	6	2	7	17:05
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	6	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	10	7	0	2	17:28
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	5	0	2	2	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	6	7	0	6	15:22
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	3	8	37.5	2	1	0	1	14:42
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	1	1	0	2	10:20
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	2	0	0	0	9:44
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	9	44.4	0	1	2	1	15:49
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12:10

Islanders NYI

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	34	32	20	8	4	955	870	.911	85	2.64	3	1928
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	28	27	17	8	2	753	685	.910	68	2.54	1	1604
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	6	6	5	1	0	168	159	.946	9	1.48	2	364
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	4	4	3	1	0	114	108	.947	6	1.52	1	237