🏝️ Away Islanders 24-20-4 before this game

5–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	5
BUF	0	0	0	2

Islanders at Sabres

Islanders beat Sabres 5–2 at KeyBank Center on January 29, 1988.

🗓 Fri, Jan 29, 1988 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1987-88 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Patrick Flatley

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Ken Leiter

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · +3

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Mikko Makela

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

35 Shots on goal 44

0/0 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

12 Penalty minutes 2

NYI shooting 14.3% (5/35) BUF shooting 4.5% (2/44)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Jacques Cloutier

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 18:44 TOI

Tom Barrasso

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 41:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 24-20-4 (50% win rate, 48 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 27-20-4 (53% win rate, 51 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 24-20-4 (50% win rate, 48 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 27-20-4 (53% win rate, 51 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

6–6 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on January 29, 1988?

Islanders won 5–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 5, Sabres 2.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jacques Cloutier made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Jan 27

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Jan 27

Also on January 29, 1988

Islanders season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule