Buffalo Sabres 7, New York Islanders 1: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres 7 to New York Islanders 1, on Monday, December 23, 2024 at UBS Arena, Elmont, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLMonday, December 23, 2024
DateDec 23, 2024
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueUBS Arena, Elmont, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance17,255
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| New York Islanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresNew York Islanders
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
12-19-4Record13-15-7
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
4-6Road record / home record4-5
LLLLWLast 5WLLLL
L4StreakW1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresNew York Islanders
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveNew York Islanders
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C · Lower Body
OutCalum Ritchie C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAlexander Romanov D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 0:34 | 1:21 | 11:48 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 | 1:30 | 0:39 | 13:13 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 13:23 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 11:43 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 11:56 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Peterka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:01 | 3:19 | 0:00 | 14:42 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 | 3:19 | 0:00 | 11:51 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 | 3:19 | 0:00 | 13:45 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:33 | 1:27 | 0:40 | 14:26 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 | 3:19 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:07 | 1:00 | 1:40 | 18:27 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 15:18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:11 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 19:33 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:05 | 1:15 | 1:20 | 17:30 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:57 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 20:17 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .964 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 19:59 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 17:59 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 8:23 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 6:53 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Duclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:45 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson Fasching | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:23 | 2:00 | 1:13 | 14:10 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:02 | 2:00 | 1:36 | 16:26 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 66.7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:42 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 13:42 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle MacLean | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:27 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 7:19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 | 0:00 | 1:18 | 13:58 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 15:31 | 0:00 | 1:37 | 13:54 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:41 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 15:20 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 15:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:50 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Dobson | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26:28 | 2:00 | 0:11 | 24:17 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah George | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mayfield | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 13:24 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 11:54 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Pelech | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 22:05 | 0:00 | 3:14 | 18:51 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Pulock | 3 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 21:21 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 18:05 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Romanov | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:17 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 18:39 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .750 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 58:00 | 0 | 2 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders?
Buffalo Sabres won, 7-1, on Monday, December 23, 2024.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders?
Buffalo Sabres 7, New York Islanders 1.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Jiri Kulich (2 goals). New York Islanders: Kyle Palmieri (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders played?
UBS Arena, Elmont, NY.
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