🏝️ Away Islanders 24-39-5 before this game

2–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	1	0	1	2
BUF	1	1	2	4

Islanders at Sabres

Sabres beat Islanders 4–2 at KeyBank Center on March 12, 2000.

🗓 Sun, Mar 12, 2000 · 13:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Chris Gratton

1 G, 1 A

6 shots · 20:43 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Doug Gilmour

2 A

3 shots · 20:22 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

2 A

2 shots · 21:35 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Jay McKee Go-ahead 1st · 04:38

Assists: Curtis Brown, Doug Gilmour · beat Kevin Weekes

0–1

🏝️ Dimitri Nabokov Tying 1st · 11:49

Assists: Dave Scatchard, Eric Cairns · beat Dominik Hasek

1–1

2nd period

⚔️ Jason Woolley Go-ahead 2nd · 18:20

Assists: Chris Gratton · beat Kevin Weekes

1–2

3rd period

⚔️ James Patrick 3rd · 01:46

Assists: Curtis Brown, Doug Gilmour · beat Kevin Weekes

1–3

🏝️ Tim Connolly 3rd · 05:14

Assists: Jamie Rivers, Claude Lapointe · beat Dominik Hasek

2–3

⚔️ Chris Gratton Empty net 3rd · 19:44

Unassisted

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

16 Shots on goal 33

30 Hits 20

10 Blocked shots 9

1 Takeaways 3

12 Giveaways 21

8 Penalty minutes 6

NYI shooting 12.5% (2/16) BUF shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Kevin Weekes

29/32

.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:49 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

14/16

.875 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 24-39-5 (35% win rate, 68 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 32-30-7 (46% win rate, 69 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Jokinen · Scatchard · Nabokov 19:59

L2 Isbister · Lapointe · Connolly 17:37

L3 Davidsson · Green · Czerkawski 12:17

L4 Watt · Haggerty · Webb 7:15

D1 Jonsson · Cairns 23:25

D2 Chara · Rivers 19:49

D3 Brimanis · Biron 16:48

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brown · Gratton · Satan 21:35

L2 Tsyplakov · Gilmour · Varada 19:04

L3 Ward · Barnes · Afinogenov 11:38

L4 Rasmussen · Taylor · Ray 7:32

D1 Warrener · McKee 23:08

D2 Smehlik · Patrick 19:11

D3 Holland · Woolley 16:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on March 12, 2000?

Sabres won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 2, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

Dimitri Nabokov, Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Sabres?

Chris Gratton, James Patrick, Jason Woolley, Jay McKee.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 14 saves on 16 shots (.875 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 3–1 after 4 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 · Mar 10

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 10

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