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Sat, Dec 20, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

New York Islanders 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Away

New York Islanders

2

Final

Shootout

Home

Buffalo Sabres

3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 57% of the time.

BUF winsNYI wins

Play-by-play

Model-based

Every event the NHL recorded. Goals show how much they moved the win probability, and who was on the ice.

  1. P1 0:00Period start
  2. P1 1:27Barzal: Tripping (2 min)6v5

    On ice: BUF Norris, McLeod, Kesselring, Quinn, Power, Benson · NYI Lee, Mayfield, Barzal, Warren, Holmstrom

  3. P1 1:47Goal by Dahlin (Lyon)5v4+9 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Thompson, Norris, Dahlin, Doan, Benson · NYI Pageau, Pelech, Pulock, Heineman

  4. P1 2:43Malenstyn: Hooking (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Greenway, Malenstyn, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Dunne · NYI Lee, Mayfield, Barzal, Warren, Holmstrom

  5. P1 5:01Pelech: Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Malenstyn, Thompson, Byram, Doan, Metsa · NYI Cizikas, Pelech, DeAngelo, MacLean, Tsyplakov

  6. P1 7:20Shot by DeAngelo, saved by Lyon
  7. P1 8:57Shot by Dahlin, saved by Rittich
  8. P1 11:43Shot by Mayfield, saved by Lyon
  9. P1 12:23Shot by Warren, saved by Lyon
  10. P1 12:32Shot by Dunne, saved by Rittich
  11. P1 13:40Shot by Quinn, saved by Rittich
  12. P1 14:23Shot by Dahlin, saved by Rittich
  13. P1 14:47Shot by Tuch, saved by Rittich
  14. P1 15:24Shot by Tuch, saved by Rittich
  15. P1 15:52Shot by Power, saved by Rittich
  16. P1 16:56Shot by Byram, saved by Rittich
  17. P1 18:00Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  18. P1 18:16Shot by Greenway, saved by Rittich
  19. P1 18:30Shot by Thompson, saved by Rittich
  20. P1 19:16Shot by Pelech, saved by Lyon
  21. P1 19:25Shot by Tsyplakov, saved by Lyon
  22. P1 19:34Shot by Kesselring, saved by Rittich
  23. P1 19:53Shot by DeAngelo, saved by Lyon
  24. P1 0:00Period end
  25. P2 0:00Period start
  26. P2 2:19Shot by Quinn, saved by Rittich
  27. P2 4:52Shot by Norris, saved by Rittich
  28. P2 6:19Shot by Gatcomb, saved by Lyon
  29. P2 6:42Shot by Metsa, saved by Rittich
  30. P2 6:52Shot by Schaefer, saved by Lyon
  31. P2 8:25Shot by Dahlin, saved by Rittich
  32. P2 8:55Goal by Thompson (Doan, Krebs)+14 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Krebs, Doan · NYI Pageau, Drouin, Pulock, Heineman, Schaefer

  33. P2 9:51Shot by Tuch, saved by Rittich
  34. P2 9:56Shot by Pulock, saved by Lyon
  35. P2 11:16Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  36. P2 14:09Shot by Ritchie, saved by Lyon
  37. P2 14:10Shot by Ritchie, saved by Lyon
  38. P2 15:32Shot by DeAngelo, saved by Lyon
  39. P2 16:04Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  40. P2 16:09Shot by Pageau, saved by Lyon
  41. P2 16:14Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  42. P2 16:21Shot by Pageau, saved by Lyon
  43. P2 17:12Shot by Malenstyn, saved by Rittich
  44. P2 18:06Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  45. P2 18:11Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  46. P2 18:38Shot by Ostlund, saved by Rittich
  47. P2 19:04Shot by Thompson, saved by Rittich
  48. P2 19:09Shot by Kesselring, saved by Rittich
  49. P2 19:35Shot by Barzal, saved by Lyon
  50. P2 19:37Goal by Barzal (Lee, Holmstrom)+13 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Thompson, Kesselring, Krebs, Doan, Power · NYI Lee, Mayfield, Pelech, Barzal, Holmstrom

  51. P2 0:00Period end
  52. P3 0:00Period start
  53. P3 3:45Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  54. P3 4:24Pageau: Tripping (2 min)

    On ice: BUF McLeod, Byram, Quinn, Benson, Metsa · NYI Pageau, Pelech, Drouin, DeAngelo, Heineman

  55. P3 4:55Shot by Benson, saved by Rittich5v4
  56. P3 5:38Shot by Doan, saved by Rittich5v4
  57. P3 5:43Shot by Thompson, saved by Rittich5v4
  58. P3 6:25Shot by Benson, saved by Rittich
  59. P3 9:37Shot by Power, saved by Rittich
  60. P3 9:41Warren: Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

    On ice: BUF McLeod, Quinn, Power, Benson, Metsa · NYI Mayfield, Duclair, Warren, Ritchie, Tsyplakov

  61. P3 10:48Shot by Dahlin, saved by Rittich5v4
  62. P3 11:12Shot by Doan, saved by Rittich5v4
  63. P3 11:21Shot by Holmstrom, saved by Lyon5v4
  64. P3 13:35Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon
  65. P3 14:40Shot by Barzal, saved by Lyon
  66. P3 16:11Shot by Pulock, saved by Lyon
  67. P3 17:30Shot by Heineman, saved by Lyon5v6
  68. P3 18:33Kesselring: Slashing (2 min)5v6

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Norris, Dahlin, Kesselring, Ostlund · NYI Lee, Drouin, Barzal, Heineman, Ritchie, Schaefer

  69. P3 19:31Goal by Heineman (Barzal, Schaefer)4v6+51 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson, Power · NYI Lee, Drouin, Barzal, Heineman, Ritchie, Schaefer

  70. P3 0:00Period end
  71. OT 0:00Period start
  72. OT 1:25Shot by Holmstrom, saved by Lyon3v3
  73. OT 3:03Shot by Pageau, saved by Lyon3v3
  74. OT 3:20Shot by Barzal, saved by Lyon3v3
  75. OT 3:58Shot by Tuch, saved by Rittich3v3
  76. OT 4:07Shot by Schaefer, saved by Lyon3v3
  77. OT 4:09Shot by Schaefer, saved by Lyon3v3
  78. OT 4:38Shot by Norris, saved by Rittich3v3
  79. OT 4:43Shot by Tuch, saved by Rittich3v3
  80. OT 4:43Tuch: Tripping (2 min)3v3

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Norris, Dahlin · NYI Drouin, Barzal, Schaefer

  81. OT 5:00Period end3v4
  82. SO Period start
  83. SO Shot by Thompson, saved by Rittichother
  84. SO Goal by Barzal, unassistedother
  85. SO Goal by Quinn, unassistedother
  86. SO Shot by Drouin, saved by Lyonother
  87. SO Goal by Norris, unassistedother
  88. SO Shot by Ritchie, saved by Lyonother
  89. SO Period endother
  90. SO Finalother