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2024-25 regular season

Sabres at Islanders

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1

Sabres beat Islanders 7–1 at UBS Arena on December 23, 2024.

BUF – NYI
25–28
Shots on goal
1/3–0/1
Power play
17–19
Hits
30–9
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Rasmus Dahlin
4 A
1 shots · 23:11 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jiri Kulich
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:57 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jack Quinn
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:10 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Beck Malenstyn Go-ahead 1st · 02:07
Assists: Jacob Bryson, Ryan McLeod · beat Ilya Sorokin
1–0
⚔️ Jiri Kulich 1st · 16:49
Assists: Dylan Cozens, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Ilya Sorokin
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Jason Zucker PP 2nd · 06:53
Assists: Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Ilya Sorokin
3–0
⚔️ Zach Benson 2nd · 15:45
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Jiri Kulich · beat Ilya Sorokin
4–0
⚔️ Jack Quinn 2nd · 18:21
Assists: Dylan Cozens, JJ Peterka · beat Ilya Sorokin
5–0
🏝️ Kyle Palmieri 2nd · 19:05
Assists: Anthony Duclair, Isaiah George · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
5–1
3rd period
⚔️ Tage Thompson Empty net 3rd · 10:07
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin
6–1
⚔️ Jiri Kulich 3rd · 15:49
Unassisted · beat Ilya Sorokin
7–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Thompson · Peterka · Tuch 17:04
L2 Zucker · Cozens · Quinn 15:22
L3 Benson · Kulich · McLeod 13:43
L4 Malenstyn · Krebs · Lafferty 12:05
D1 Dahlin · Byram 22:09
D2 Samuelsson · Power 20:31
D3 Clifton · Bryson 15:34
🏝️Islanders
L1 Horvat · Barzal · Holmstrom 19:59
L2 Duclair · Palmieri · Tsyplakov 15:50
L3 Lee · Pageau · Nelson 15:31
L4 MacLean · Cizikas · Fasching 8:23
D1 Dobson · Pelech 24:16
D2 Pulock · Romanov 20:49
D3 Mayfield · George 13:21

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYI🏝️
25 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
17 Hits 19
30 Blocked shots 9
2 Takeaways 6
17 Giveaways 23
8 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 28.0% (7/25) NYI shooting 3.6% (1/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Ilya Sorokin
18/24
.750 SV% · 6 GA · 58:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Beck Malenstyn · 1st 02:07 · 1–0 Jiri Kulich · 1st 16:49 · 2–0 Jason Zucker · 2nd 06:53 · 3–0 Zach Benson · 2nd 15:45 · 4–0 Jack Quinn · 2nd 18:21 · 5–0 Kyle Palmieri · 2nd 19:05 · 5–1 Tage Thompson · 3rd 10:07 · 6–1 Jiri Kulich · 3rd 15:49 · 7–1
BUF NYI
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 5–1
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Islanders lead the season series 2–1
Nov 302024 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 0–3 Nov 12024 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Mar 142024 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 0–4 Oct 212023 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Oct 142023 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–3
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Who won Sabres vs Islanders on December 23, 2024?

Sabres won 7–1. The final score was Sabres 7, Islanders 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jiri Kulich (2), Beck Malenstyn, Jack Quinn, Jason Zucker, Tage Thompson, Zach Benson.

Who scored for Islanders?

Kyle Palmieri.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Ilya Sorokin made 18 saves on 24 shots (.750 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Islanders season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterDec 27 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 2–6
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 21 🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR 6–3 AfterDec 28 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 3–6
Also on December 23
🗽NYR 0–5 😈NJD ✈️WPG 5–2 🍁TOR 🎵STL 4–0 🐙DET 🔔PHI 3–7 🐧PIT 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 4–0 🐆FLA 🦅WSH 1–4 🐻BOS 🪶CHI 3–4 🌲MIN
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