⚔️ Away Sabres 9-0-0
3–0
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 3-3-2
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⚔️ BUF 1113
🏝️ NYI 0000

Sabres at Islanders

Sabres beat Islanders 3–0 at UBS Arena on October 26, 2006.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:09 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G
4 shots · 17:23 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
1 G
1 shots · 16:59 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:09
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Rick DiPietro
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 04:12
Assists: Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman · beat Rick DiPietro
2–0
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 03:27
Assists: Daniel Brière, Paul Gaustad · beat Rick DiPietro
3–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Drury · Brière 20:22
L2 Roy · Afinogenov · Pominville 17:54
L3 Novotny · Gaustad · Kotalik 15:04
L4 Peters · Mair · Hecht 6:49
D1 Numminen · Kalinin 21:40
D2 Campbell · Spacek 19:42
D3 Lydman · Tallinder 16:51
🏝️Islanders
L1 Yashin · Sillinger · Satan 17:19
L2 York · Blake · Bates 15:59
L3 Kozlov · Hunter · Park 15:31
L4 Hilbert · Simon · Asham 8:38
D1 Poti · Zhitnik 23:03
D2 Hill · Martinek 19:22
D3 Witt · Gervais 15:00

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYI🏝️
27 Shots on goal 29
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
15 Hits 14
19 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 19
10 Giveaways 14
6 Penalty minutes 14
BUF shooting 11.1% (3/27) NYI shooting 0.0% (0/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller Shutout
29/29
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:32 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Rick DiPietro
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Dec 262005 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 Nov 232005 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 SO Oct 292005 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 6–4 Oct 52005 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–6 Feb 272004 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–2
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Who won Sabres vs Islanders on October 26, 2006?

Sabres won 3–0. The final score was Sabres 3, Islanders 0.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Jason Pominville, Maxim Afinogenov.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 29 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Rick DiPietro made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Islanders season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 AfterOct 28 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeOct 21 🌪️CAR @ 🏝️NYI 3–4 AfterOct 28 🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI 3–4
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