🏝️ Away Islanders 6-11-4
2–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 13-9-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏝️ NYI 1012
⚔️ BUF 0011

Islanders at Sabres

Islanders beat Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center on November 29, 2011.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Brian Rolston
1 G
3 shots · 15:08 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Matt Moulson
1 G
2 shots · 18:36 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Al Montoya
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Matt Moulson PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:47
Assists: Mark Streit, PA Parenteau · beat Jhonas Enroth
1–0
3rd period
⚔️ Jochen Hecht Tying 3rd · 01:54
Assists: Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek · beat Al Montoya
1–1
🏝️ Brian Rolston Go-ahead 3rd · 09:23
Assists: David Ullstrom, Josh Bailey · beat Jhonas Enroth
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Moulson · Tavares · Parenteau 19:14
L2 Grabner · Nielsen · Bailey 17:02
L3 Ullstrom · Rolston · Okposo 14:28
L4 Martin · Reasoner · Niederreiter 9:02
D1 MacDonald · Hamonic 22:35
D2 Streit · Staios 20:47
D3 Jurcina · Mottau 15:06
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Leino · Pominville 20:12
L2 Roy · Adam · Hecht 16:19
L3 Szczechura · Gerbe · Stafford 13:18
L4 Ellis · Gaustad · Kassian 9:34
D1 Ehrhoff · Gragnani 28:11
D2 Sekera · Regehr 20:37
D3 McNabb · Leopold 10:52

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 31
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
15 Hits 19
19 Blocked shots 6
4 Takeaways 4
3 Giveaways 8
13 Penalty minutes 11
NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30) BUF shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Al Montoya
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Jhonas Enroth
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 58:55 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Matt Moulson · 1st 06:47 · 1–0 Jochen Hecht · 3rd 01:54 · 1–1 Brian Rolston · 3rd 09:23 · 2–1
NYI BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Islanders lead the season series 1–0
Feb 132011 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 7–6 OT Jan 232011 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 5–3 Jan 212011 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Jan 152011 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 3–5 Jan 162010 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–3 SO
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❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on November 29, 2011?

Islanders won 2–1. The final score was Islanders 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Islanders?

Brian Rolston, Matt Moulson.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jochen Hecht.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Al Montoya made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jhonas Enroth made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeNov 26 🏝️NYI @ 😈NJD 3–2 AfterDec 2 🏝️NYI @ 🪶CHI 4–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 26 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 1–5 AfterDec 2 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–1
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