New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres (Dec 31, 2015)

Team Context

Home context · Buffalo Sabres

Best Scorer

Ryan O'Reilly with 3

Most Assists

Jack Eichel with 6

Last Five W L OT/SO

Away context · New York Islanders

Best Scorer

Brock Nelson with 3

Most Assists

John Tavares with 3

Last Five W L OT/SO

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Nov 1, 2015

Sabres @ Islanders

2–1

Apr 4, 2015

Sabres @ Islanders

0–3

Feb 8, 2015

Islanders @ Sabres

3–2

Dec 27, 2014

Islanders @ Sabres

3–4 (SO)

Apr 13, 2014

Islanders @ Sabres

4–3 (SO)

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Stats

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Goals

Shots

PPG

Hits

PIM

Islanders Goals

Frans Nielsen PP (2nd • 09:35)

Assisted by John Tavares , Nick Leddy

Nikolay Kulemin (3rd • 01:07)

Assisted by Kyle Okposo , Johnny Boychuk

Sabres Goals

Ryan O'Reilly PP (3rd • 11:18)

Assisted by Jack Eichel , Rasmus Ristolainen

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 20-12-5 (54% win rate, 37 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 15-18-4 (41% win rate, 37 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time

NYI

L1: Nielsen · Tavares · Bailey · 18:19

L2: Kulemin · Lee · Okposo · 17:10

L3: Strome · Cizikas · Nelson · 12:39

L4: Martin · Grabovski · Clutterbuck · 11:01

D1: Hamonic · Leddy · 23:05

D2: de Haan · Boychuk · 20:00

D3: Hickey · Zidlicky · 15:56

BUF

L1: Kane · O'Reilly · Eichel · 20:20

L2: McGinn · Girgensons · Gionta · 17:30

L3: Larsson · Moulson · Reinhart · 13:36

L4: Foligno · Deslauriers · Legwand · 9:11

D1: Ristolainen · Bogosian · 24:56

D2: McCabe · Gorges · 19:34

D3: Franson · Weber · 12:14