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2014-15 regular season

Islanders at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Islanders 4–3 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on December 27, 2014.

NYI – BUF
36–26
Shots on goal
18–28
Hits
14–20
Blocked shots
3–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Nicolas Deslauriers
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:51 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Drew Stafford
2 A
2 shots · 20:04 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jhonas Enroth
33 saves
0.917 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Nick Leddy Go-ahead 1st · 04:33
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey · beat Jhonas Enroth
1–0
2nd period
🏝️ John Tavares 2nd · 11:56
Unassisted · beat Jhonas Enroth
2–0
🏝️ John Tavares 2nd · 15:05
Assists: Josh Bailey, Kyle Okposo · beat Jhonas Enroth
3–0
3rd period
⚔️ Nicolas Deslauriers 3rd · 06:39
Assists: Drew Stafford, Josh Gorges · beat Kevin Poulin
3–1
⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons SH 3rd · 10:01
Assists: Nicolas Deslauriers, Josh Gorges · beat Kevin Poulin
3–2
⚔️ Chris Stewart Tying 3rd · 11:51
Assists: Drew Stafford, Patrick Kaleta · beat Kevin Poulin
3–3
Shootout
⚔️ Tyler Ennis Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Tavares · Nielsen · Okposo 18:08
L2 Kulemin · Nelson · Strome 15:19
L3 Grabovski · Clutterbuck · Bailey 13:57
L4 Martin · Lee · Cizikas 12:51
D1 Hamonic · Boychuk 22:34
D2 de Haan · Leddy 21:34
D3 Hickey · Visnovsky 20:32
⚔️Sabres
L1 Girgensons · Stafford · Ennis 18:58
L2 Deslauriers · Moulson · Flynn 17:51
L3 McCormick · Hodgson · Stewart 12:54
L4 Larsson · Grigorenko · Kaleta 11:07
D1 Zadorov · Gorges 26:24
D2 Meszaros · Weber 22:55
D3 Benoit · Ristolainen 14:44

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI BUF⚔️
36 Shots on goal 26
18 Hits 28
14 Blocked shots 20
3 Takeaways 5
5 Giveaways 5
10 Penalty minutes 8
NYI shooting 8.3% (3/36) BUF shooting 15.4% (4/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Kevin Poulin
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Jhonas Enroth
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 7 goals located
Nick Leddy · 1st 04:33 · 1–0 John Tavares · 2nd 11:56 · 2–0 John Tavares · 2nd 15:05 · 3–0 Nicolas Deslauriers · 3rd 06:39 · 3–1 Zemgus Girgensons · 3rd 10:01 · 3–2 Chris Stewart · 3rd 11:51 · 3–3
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: 4-4 (50% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-8-1 (10% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Apr 132014 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO Mar 152014 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 1–4 Oct 152013 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 SO Apr 262013 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Feb 232013 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–0
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Who won Islanders vs Sabres on December 27, 2014?

Sabres won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Islanders 3, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Islanders?

John Tavares (2), Nick Leddy.

Who scored for Sabres?

Chris Stewart, Nicolas Deslauriers, Zemgus Girgensons.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Kevin Poulin made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jhonas Enroth made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 3–1 AfterDec 29 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 3–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 3–6 AfterDec 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–5
Also on December 27
🐙DET 3–2 🏛️OTT ✈️WPG 4–3 🌲MIN 🐻BOS 2–6 🧥CBJ 😈NJD 1–3 🗽NYR 🌪️CAR 1–2 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 3–0 🐧PIT 🦆ANA 1–2 🌵ARI 🔔PHI 1–4 🐯NSH
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