🏝️ Away Islanders 12-9-1 before this game

1–6

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	1
BUF	0	0	0	6

Islanders at Sabres

Sabres beat Islanders 6–1 at KeyBank Center on November 22, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Nov 22, 1997 · 14:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

3 A

3 shots · 23:50 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Dawe

2 G

5 shots · 18:55 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Donald Audette

2 G

5 shots · 20:48 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

29 Shots on goal 33

0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 3/5

12 Hits 17

4 Blocked shots 9

10 Takeaways 13

27 Giveaways 37

17 Penalty minutes 17

NYI shooting 3.4% (1/29) BUF shooting 18.2% (6/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 12-9-1 (55% win rate, 22 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 9-10-1 (45% win rate, 20 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 12-9-1 (55% win rate, 22 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 9-10-1 (45% win rate, 20 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Smolinski · Reichel · Palffy 19:39

L2 Nemchinov · Green · Lapointe 18:19

L3 Hough · Orszagh · Chorske 14:56

L4 Kruse · Bertuzzi · Webb 8:05

D1 Lachance · McCabe 25:30

D2 Jonsson · Houda 21:14

D3 Holland · Chara 11:16

⚔️Sabres

L1 Plante · Audette · Dawe 19:07

L2 May · Peca · Satan 14:27

L3 Burridge · Ward · Rasmussen 12:19

L4 Grosek · Primeau · Ray 7:41

D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 23:30

D2 Wilson · Smehlik 21:08

D3 Woolley · Boughner 15:31

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 26, 1997

🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF

3–2 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on November 22, 1997?

Sabres won 6–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 1, Sabres 6.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek 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?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Nov 20

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Nov 20

Also on November 22, 1997

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