New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres

21-13-4, 12-8-1 Away

Final

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

21-13-6, 12-5-3 Home

ISLANDERS

SABRES

TIME	NYI	BUF
0:00
0:00
0:58	0	0
1:16	0	0
1:55	0	0
2:18	0	0
2:23
2:25
2:47	0	0
3:07	0	0
3:29	0	0
3:41	0	0
4:31	0	0
4:45	0	0
4:51
5:15	0	0
5:20	0	0
5:33	0	0
5:35
5:35
5:41	0	0
5:56
5:57	0	0
7:23
7:30
7:36	0	0
7:42
7:57
7:58	0	0
7:59
7:59
8:06	0	0
8:16	0	0
8:24	0	0
8:30
8:30
8:41
8:41
9:16
9:49
9:49
10:02	0	0
10:21
10:21
10:46	0	0
10:58	0	0
11:29	0	0
11:47	0	0
12:06	0	0
12:30
12:30
12:55	0	0
12:57
13:34
13:39	0	0
13:44
13:53
13:56	0	0
14:19
14:26
14:30	0	0
14:40	0	0
14:41
14:41
15:16
15:36	0	0
15:37
15:37
15:43	0	0
15:57	0	0
16:03	0	0
16:43
16:48	0	0
17:04
17:08	0	0
17:09
17:09
17:16	0	0
17:17
17:17
17:20	0	0
17:21
17:21
17:25	0	0
17:43
17:48	0	0
17:49
17:49
19:11
19:11
19:18
19:18
19:31
19:44	0	0
19:54	0	0
20:00

Regular Season Series

NYI lead 1-0

Islanders
3
Sabres
1

Game 1

31/12

Islanders
1
Sabres
3

Game 2

13/2

Sabres
1
Islanders
5

Game 3

30/3

KeyBank Center

11:00 PM, 31 December 2018

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Kevin Pollock
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	31	15	4	66
NY Islanders	27	17	5	59
Pittsburgh	23	14	11	57
Philadelphia	23	17	8	54
Washington	24	20	6	54
New Jersey	25	22	2	52
Columbus	22	19	7	51
NY Rangers	21	23	6	48

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	30	13	4	64
Detroit	30	16	4	64
Montreal	27	15	7	61
Boston	28	19	2	58
Buffalo	26	17	5	57
Toronto	24	17	8	56
Florida	25	20	3	53
Ottawa	22	19	7	51

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New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

NYI lead 1-0

Game Information

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