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Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2015 at 6:00 PM ET

First Niagara Center, Buffalo

FinalAwayRegular SeasonWin

NYI

New York Islanders

2 - 1

BUF

Buffalo Sabres

Period Breakdown

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
NYI	0	1	1	2
BUF	0	0	1	1

NYI

1st

2nd

3rd

Total: 2

BUF

1st

2nd

3rd

Total: 1

Scoring Timeline

3 events

2nd09:35Power Play
NYI
Frans Nielsen
Assists: John Tavares, Nick Leddy
3rd01:07Even Strength
NYI
Nikolay Kulemin
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Johnny Boychuk
3rd11:18Power Play
BUF
Ryan O'Reilly
Assists: Jack Eichel, Rasmus Ristolainen

Goalie Summary

Goalie	Team	Saves	Shots Against	SV%
L. Ullmark	BUF	31	33	..939
T. Greiss	NYI	42	43	..977

L. Ullmark

BUF

Saves

SV%

..939

T. Greiss

NYI

Saves

SV%

..977

Shots Faced

Combined from both starters.

Goals Allowed

Based on saves vs shots against.

NYI SV% Edge

+..037

T. Greiss vs L. Ullmark.

Highest Workload

T. Greiss

43 shots against

Player Impact

Goals

PP Goals

Multi-Point

Player	Team	G	A	PTS
Frans Nielsen	NYI	1	0	1
Nikolay Kulemin	NYI	1	0	1
Ryan O'Reilly	BUF	1	0	1
Jack Eichel	BUF	0	1	1
John Tavares	NYI	0	1	1
Johnny Boychuk	NYI	0	1	1

Penalties and Notable Events

9 items

Penalty1st06:20
NYI
Matt Martin - Interference (2 min)
Penalty1st09:40
NYI
Anders Lee - Cross Checking (2 min)
Penalty1st10:46
NYI
Frans Nielsen - Cross Checking (2 min)
Penalty2nd08:37
BUF
Josh Gorges - Holding (2 min)
Penalty3rd04:32
BUF
Brian Gionta - Hooking (2 min)
Penalty3rd09:45
NYI
Anders Lee - Tripping (2 min)
Intermission1st20:00
NHL
1st Intermission
Intermission2nd20:00
NHL
2nd Intermission
Notable3rd20:00
NHL
Game End