New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres

23-11-1, 10-7-1 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Islanders NYI	1	2	0	0	3
Sabres BUF	0	0	3	1	4

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

14-19-3, 10-8-2 Home

New York Islanders


forwards
Josh BaileyJ. Bailey#12
Casey CizikasC. Cizikas#53
Cal ClutterbuckC. Clutterbuck#15
Mikhail GrabovskiM. Grabovski#84
Nikolay KuleminN. Kulemin#86
Anders LeeA. Lee#27
Matt MartinM. Martin#17
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#29
Frans NielsenF. Nielsen#51
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Ryan StromeR. Strome#18
John TavaresJ. Tavares#91
defensemen
Johnny BoychukJ. Boychuk#55
Travis HamonicT. Hamonic#3
Thomas HickeyT. Hickey#14
Nick LeddyN. Leddy#2
Lubomir VisnovskyL. Visnovsky#11
Calvin de HaanC. de Haan#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	13:14	0:00	0:06	13:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	20	13:12	0:00	1:42	11:30	3	6	33.3
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	20	13:57	0:00	1:25	12:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	14:52	0:43	0:00	14:09	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:19	0:10	2:03	13:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	8:31	0:33	0:00	7:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	17	12:51	0:00	0:00	12:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:23	3:17	2:07	10:59	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	17:47	1:10	2:09	14:28	0	7	0.0
0	2	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	18:08	3:17	0:00	14:51	1	2	33.3
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	21	15:12	0:33	2:21	12:18	2	2	50.0
2	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	21:15	3:17	0:07	17:51	9	15	37.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	26	22:20	2:27	2:25	17:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	26	22:49	0:00	3:56	18:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	25	21:11	0:21	1:42	19:08	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	21:16	2:39	1:32	17:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	22	19:52	1:33	0:02	18:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	26	21:51	0:00	2:23	19:28	0	0	0.0

goalies
Kevin PoulinK. Poulin#60

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	3	23	.885	0	0	0	3	2	65:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Nicolas DeslauriersN. Deslauriers#44
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#63
Brian FlynnB. Flynn#65
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Mikhail GrigorenkoM. Grigorenko#25
Cody HodgsonC. Hodgson#19
Patrick KaletaP. Kaleta#36
Johan LarssonJ. Larsson#22
Cody McCormickC. McCormick#8
Matt MoulsonM. Moulson#26
Drew StaffordD. Stafford#21
Chris StewartC. Stewart#80
defensemen
André BenoîtA. Benoît#61
Josh GorgesJ. Gorges#4
Andrej MeszarosA. Meszaros#41
Rasmus RistolainenR. Ristolainen#55
Mike WeberM. Weber#6
Nikita ZadorovN. Zadorov#51

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	22	17:51	0:04	0:31	17:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	18:34	3:45	0:00	14:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:22	0:04	1:31	16:47	10	4	71.4
1	0	-1	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	25	18:58	3:09	1:44	14:05	8	9	47.1
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:36	2:26	0:00	10:10	8	4	66.7
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:41	2:45	0:00	9:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	16	11:07	0:02	2:07	8:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:23	0:02	0:00	9:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	19	12:54	0:02	2:01	10:51	12	4	75.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:34	3:28	0:00	13:06	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	25	20:04	1:59	0:00	18:05	3	2	60.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	14:51	2:09	0:06	12:36	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	30	21:14	2:19	0:00	18:55	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	39	26:21	2:12	2:11	21:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	25	24:07	2:29	1:29	20:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	8:14	0:00	0:42	7:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	32	21:43	0:09	1:49	19:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	32	26:26	2:56	1:49	21:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jhonas EnrothJ. Enroth#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	3	33	.917	0	0	0	3	3	65:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Islanders	1	2	0	0	3
	Sabres	0	0	3	1	4

1st Period			NYI	BUF
4:33		Nick Leddy (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Kyle Okposo (22), Josh Bailey (6)	1	0

2nd Period			NYI	BUF
11:56		John Tavares (14) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	2	0
15:05		John Tavares (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Josh Bailey (7), Kyle Okposo (23)	3	0

3rd Period		NYI	BUF
6:39	Nicolas Deslauriers (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Drew Stafford (13), Josh Gorges (5)	3	1
10:01	Zemgus Girgensons (10) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Nicolas Deslauriers (8), Josh Gorges (6)	3	2
11:51	Chris Stewart (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Drew Stafford (14), Patrick Kaleta (2)	3	3

Shootout Summary			NYI	BUF
			0	1

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Islanders
3
Sabres
4

Game 1

28/12

Islanders
3
Sabres
2

Game 2

8/2

Sabres
0
Islanders
3

Game 3

5/4

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 28 December 2014

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Kevin Pollock
Dave Lewis

Linesmen:
Steve Miller

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	23	11	3	49
NY Islanders	21	14	4	46
Philadelphia	19	11	7	45
Washington	20	13	5	45
New Jersey	20	16	2	42
NY Rangers	19	17	4	42
Pittsburgh	16	12	9	41
Columbus	16	15	6	38

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	20	15	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	6	40

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