⚔️ Away Sabres 1-0-0
7–1
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 1-1-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 1427
🏝️ NYI 0011

Sabres at Islanders

Sabres beat Islanders 7–1 at UBS Arena on October 13, 2008.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 16:20 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 24:28 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G
3 shots · 21:42 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jochen Hecht PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:05
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Joey MacDonald
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Adam Mair 2nd · 02:21
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Henrik Tallinder · beat Joey MacDonald
2–0
⚔️ Thomas Vanek SH 2nd · 07:00
Assists: Daniel Paille, Craig Rivet · beat Joey MacDonald
3–0
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 08:39
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Teppo Numminen · beat Joey MacDonald
4–0
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 2nd · 10:32
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Jason Pominville · beat Joey MacDonald
5–0
3rd period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP 3rd · 00:58
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Derek Roy · beat Joey MacDonald
6–0
🏝️ Trent Hunter 3rd · 05:21
Assists: Thomas Pock · beat Patrick Lalime
6–1
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur 3rd · 09:12
Assists: Daniel Paille, Jason Pominville · beat Joey MacDonald
7–1

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 22:34
L2 MacArthur · Kotalik · Afinogenov 15:25
L3 Paille · Peters · Stafford 14:10
L4 Mair · Hecht · Kaleta 5:39
D1 Spacek · Sekera 25:12
D2 Lydman · Numminen 20:48
D3 Tallinder · Rivet 11:32
🏝️Islanders
L1 Nielsen · Hunter · Guerin 16:23
L2 Sim · Tambellini · Weight 15:39
L3 Hilbert · Comrie · Park 13:10
L4 Bergenheim · Thompson · Okposo 9:11
D1 Streit · Gervais 26:18
D2 Pock · Meyer 20:26
D3 Hillen · Witt 12:58

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYI🏝️
35 Shots on goal 24
3/11 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
15 Hits 26
13 Blocked shots 19
5 Takeaways 15
9 Giveaways 10
79 Penalty minutes 71
BUF shooting 20.0% (7/35) NYI shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Joey MacDonald
28/35
.800 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Dec 192007 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–1 Dec 122007 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–5 Oct 62007 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–3 Oct 52007 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 6–4 Apr 202007 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
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Who won Sabres vs Islanders on October 13, 2008?

Sabres won 7–1. The final score was Sabres 7, Islanders 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2), Adam Mair, Ales Kotalik, Clarke MacArthur, Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht.

Who scored for Islanders?

Trent Hunter.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 28 saves on 35 shots (.800 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 10 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 AfterOct 15 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–1
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeOct 11 🎵STL @ 🏝️NYI 2–5 AfterOct 16 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 4–3
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