Islanders 2–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2015)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Frans Nielsen

1 G

5 shots · 18:19 TOI

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Nikolay Kulemin

1 G

3 shots · 17:36 TOI

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Thomas Greiss

42 saves

0.977 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🏝️ Frans Nielsen PP Go-ahead 2nd · 09:35

Assists: John Tavares, Nick Leddy · beat Linus Ullmark

1–0

3rd period

🏝️ Nikolay Kulemin 3rd · 01:07

Assists: Kyle Okposo, Johnny Boychuk · beat Linus Ullmark

2–0

⚔️ Ryan O'Reilly PP 3rd · 11:18

Assists: Jack Eichel, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Thomas Greiss

2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

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

⚔️Sabres

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

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

33 Shots on goal 43

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

10 Hits 14

15 Blocked shots 16

1 Takeaways 1

1 Giveaways 6

8 Penalty minutes 4

NYI shooting 6.1% (2/33) BUF shooting 2.3% (1/43)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Thomas Greiss

42/43

.977 SV% · 1 GA · 59:47 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Linus Ullmark

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 58:05 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located

NYI BUF

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-7 (50% win rate, 14 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-1-2 (75% win rate, 12 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-6-2 (33% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Nov 12015 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–1 Apr 42015 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 0–3 Feb 82015 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Dec 272014 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 SO Apr 132014 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO

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Who won Islanders vs Sabres on December 31, 2015?

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

Who scored for Islanders?

Frans Nielsen, Nikolay Kulemin.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ryan O'Reilly.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Thomas Greiss made 42 saves on 43 shots (.977 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏝️ Islanders

BeforeDec 29 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 6–3 AfterJan 2 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–5

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 30 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–5 AfterJan 2 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 4–3

Also on December 31

🐧PIT 5–2 🐙DET 🦅WSH 2–4 🌪️CAR 🌲MIN 3–1 🎵STL 🪶CHI 4–3 🏔️COL 🐯NSH 1–5 ⭐DAL 👑LAK 4–1 🔥CGY 🦆ANA 1–0 🛢️EDM ✈️WPG 2–4 🌵ARI

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