🏝️ Away Islanders 35-32-10
3–5
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 30-38-11
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏝️ NYI 1023
⚔️ BUF 1315

Islanders at Sabres

Sabres beat Islanders 5–3 at KeyBank Center on April 23, 2022.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2021-22 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:15 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jeff Skinner
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:01 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Victor Olofsson
2 A
2 shots · 16:40 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Casey Mittelstadt Go-ahead 1st · 12:11
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Casey Fitzgerald · beat Ilya Sorokin
0–1
🏝️ Mathew Barzal Tying 1st · 17:09
Assists: Noah Dobson, Sebastian Aho · beat Dustin Tokarski
1–1
2nd period
⚔️ Rasmus Dahlin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:17
Assists: Jeff Skinner, Alex Tuch · beat Ilya Sorokin
1–2
⚔️ Tage Thompson 2nd · 04:05
Assists: Jacob Bryson, Victor Olofsson · beat Ilya Sorokin
1–3
⚔️ Vinnie Hinostroza 2nd · 12:48
Assists: Anders Bjork, Zemgus Girgensons · beat Ilya Sorokin
1–4
3rd period
🏝️ Noah Dobson 3rd · 08:45
Assists: Zach Parise, Zdeno Chara · beat Dustin Tokarski
2–4
🏝️ Kieffer Bellows 3rd · 10:22
Assists: Ryan Pulock, Otto Koivula · beat Dustin Tokarski
3–4
⚔️ Jeff Skinner 3rd · 12:40
Assists: Tage Thompson, Victor Olofsson · beat Ilya Sorokin
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Barzal · Palmieri · Bailey 18:29
L2 Parise · Lee · Nelson 17:11
L3 Bellows · Cizikas · Wahlstrom 12:04
L4 Martin · Koivula · Johnston 10:15
D1 Pulock · Dobson 22:49
D2 Chara · Pelech 20:00
D3 Greene · Aho 14:45
⚔️Sabres
L1 Thompson · Cozens · Tuch 18:33
L2 Olofsson · Mittelstadt · Okposo 16:40
L3 Bjork · Krebs · Skinner 15:01
L4 Girgensons · Asplund · Hinostroza 11:26
D1 Dahlin · Jokiharju 22:58
D2 Power · Samuelsson 20:27
D3 Fitzgerald · Bryson 12:20

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI BUF⚔️
22 Shots on goal 35
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
14 Hits 5
10 Blocked shots 10
10 Takeaways 7
3 Giveaways 6
34 Penalty minutes 16
NYI shooting 13.6% (3/22) BUF shooting 14.3% (5/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Ilya Sorokin
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 59:06 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dustin Tokarski
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 59:43 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Casey Mittelstadt · 1st 12:11 · 0–1 Mathew Barzal · 1st 17:09 · 1–1 Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 01:17 · 1–2 Tage Thompson · 2nd 04:05 · 1–3 Vinnie Hinostroza · 2nd 12:48 · 1–4 Noah Dobson · 3rd 08:45 · 2–4 Kieffer Bellows · 3rd 10:22 · 3–4 Jeff Skinner · 3rd 12:40 · 3–5
NYI BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 14-9-4 (52% win rate, 27 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 12-9-3 (50% win rate, 24 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Feb 152022 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 Dec 302021 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 1–4 May 42021 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 SO May 32021 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Mar 72021 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–5
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❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on April 23, 2022?

Sabres won 5–3. The final score was Islanders 3, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

Kieffer Bellows, Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson.

Who scored for Sabres?

Casey Mittelstadt, Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Vinnie Hinostroza.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dustin Tokarski made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeApr 21 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 6–3 AfterApr 24 🌪️CAR @ 🏝️NYI 5–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 21 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 5–2 AfterApr 28 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 0–5
Also on April 23
🐧PIT 7–2 🐙DET 🌪️CAR 3–2 😈NJD 🗽NYR 1–3 🐻BOS 🇨🇦MTL 4–6 🏛️OTT 🍁TOR 2–3 🐆FLA 🐯NSH 2–6 ⚡TBL 🪶CHI 1–4 🦈SJS 🦑SEA 2–3 ⭐DAL
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