New York Islanders 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 - NHL Box Score for December 20th 2025

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Final SO

Game Summary

Final SO	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	OT	SO	Score
Buffalo SabresSabres	1	1	0	0	1	3
New York IslandersIslanders	0	1	1	0	0	2

Scoring Summary

1^st Period
01:47	Buffalo	PPG Rasmus Dahlin (Alex Lyon)

2^nd Period
08:55	Buffalo	Tage Thompson (Peyton Krebs, Josh Doan)
19:37	NY Islanders	Mathew Barzal (Simon Holmstrom, Anders Lee)

3^rd Period
19:31	NY Islanders	PPG Emil Heineman (Matthew Schaefer, Mathew Barzal)

Overtime
None

Shootout Summary

Shootout
1	Buffalo	Tage Thompson (Missed)
2	NY Islanders	Mathew Barzal (Scored)
3	Buffalo	Jack Quinn (Missed)
4	Buffalo	Jack Quinn (Scored)
5	NY Islanders	Simon Holmstrom (Missed)
6	Buffalo	Alex Tuch (Missed)
7	NY Islanders	Emil Heineman (Missed)
8	Buffalo	Noah Ostlund (Missed)
9	NY Islanders	Jonathan Drouin (Missed)
10	Buffalo	Josh Norris (Scored)
11	NY Islanders	Calum Ritchie (Missed)

Penalty Summary

1^st Period
01:27	NY Islanders	Mathew Barzal: Tripping - 2 minutes
02:43	Buffalo	Beck Malenstyn: Hooking - 2 minutes
05:01	NY Islanders	Adam Pelech: Delay of game - 2 minutes

2^nd Period
None

3^rd Period
04:24	NY Islanders	Jean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping - 2 minutes
09:41	NY Islanders	Marshall Warren: Delay of game - 2 minutes
18:33	Buffalo	Michael Kesselring: Slashing - 2 minutes

Overtime
04:43	Buffalo	Alex Tuch: Tripping - 2 minutes

Shots on Goal

Team	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	OT	Total
Buffalo	12	10	7	3	32
NY Islanders	7	15	7	5	34

Goalie Stats

Team	Goalie	SV	SA	SV %	TOI
Buffalo	Alex Lyon	32	34	0.941	64:55
NY Islanders	David Rittich	30	32	0.938	62:39

Buffalo Sabres

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	+1	0	5	20:07	05:45	00:00	25:52
Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+0	0	4	17:19	05:21	00:08	22:48
Josh Doan	RW	0	1	1	+0	0	2	13:43	05:26	00:00	19:09
Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	+0	0	0	13:29	00:00	00:00	13:29
Zach Benson	LW	0	0	0	+0	0	2	12:53	05:06	00:26	18:25
Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+0	0	1	20:57	01:14	00:38	22:49
Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	+0	0	1	10:20	00:00	00:00	10:20
Jordan Greenway	LW	0	0	0	+0	0	1	09:06	00:00	00:27	09:33
Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	15:51	00:00	01:37	17:28
Beck Malenstyn	LW	0	0	0	+0	2	1	08:55	00:00	00:00	08:55
Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	+0	0	0	13:15	01:10	02:41	17:06
Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+0	0	1	14:05	00:00	00:00	14:05
Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	+0	0	2	14:33	05:06	00:00	19:39
Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	+0	0	1	14:42	00:00	00:00	14:42
Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	14:51	00:35	01:39	17:05
Jack Quinn	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	2	14:21	01:03	00:00	15:24
Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	21:39	00:00	02:33	24:12
Alex Tuch	RW	0	0	0	+0	2	5	17:38	00:54	02:34	21:06

New York Islanders

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Mathew Barzal	C	1	1	2	+1	2	4	21:17	02:02	00:14	23:33
Emil Heineman	LW	1	0	1	-1	0	10	16:46	01:43	00:20	18:49
Simon Holmstrom	RW	0	1	1	+1	0	2	14:09	01:06	02:34	17:49
Anders Lee	LW	0	1	1	+1	0	0	17:31	02:28	00:05	20:04
Matthew Schaefer	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	19:46	02:00	01:50	23:36
Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	+0	0	0	11:42	00:08	04:28	16:18
Tony DeAngelo	D	0	0	0	+0	0	3	21:38	01:15	00:02	22:55
Jonathan Drouin	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	0	15:13	02:03	00:00	17:16
Anthony Duclair	LW	0	0	0	+0	0	0	09:45	01:03	00:00	10:48
Marc Gatcomb	C	0	0	0	+0	0	1	11:14	00:00	00:00	11:14
Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	+0	0	0	11:40	00:00	02:15	13:55
Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	14:51	00:00	02:57	17:48
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	12:52	00:00	02:42	15:34
Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	22:49	00:12	03:24	26:25
Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	15:49	00:00	04:29	20:18
Calum Ritchie	C	0	0	0	+0	0	2	11:13	01:44	00:00	12:57
Maxim Tsyplakov	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	1	10:56	01:12	00:00	12:08
Marshall Warren	D	0	0	0	+0	2	1	09:51	00:00	00:00	09:51

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