Buffalo Sabres 5, New York Islanders 0: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres 5 to New York Islanders 0, on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at UBS Arena, Elmont, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, January 24, 2026
DateJan 24, 2026
Start time1:00 PM ET
VenueUBS Arena, Elmont, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance17,255
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| New York Islanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top performers
New York Islanders
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresNew York Islanders
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
29-17-5Record27-19-5
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding5th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record4-5
LLWLWLast 5LLLLW
L2StreakL4
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveNew York Islanders
Matias Maccelli LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveMathew Barzal C · Knee
Injured ReserveRyan Pulock D · Upper 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 | 1:20 | 2:02 | 14:10 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:19 | 2:42 | 0:00 | 12:37 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:03 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:44 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 10:16 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:14 | 1:29 | 3:48 | 12:57 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:56 | 2:31 | 0:10 | 14:15 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17:06 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 14:16 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:57 | 1:16 | 3:46 | 12:55 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 11:05 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 | 0:44 | 3:21 | 17:13 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:44 | 3:16 | 2:31 | 18:57 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 12:29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:30 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 22:06 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21:32 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 19:00 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 60:00 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:45 | 1:54 | 0:02 | 10:49 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 11:08 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Drouin | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 17:18 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Duclair | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:15 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 10:24 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 16:36 | 2:42 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:51 | 2:56 | 2:29 | 14:26 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:20 | 3:31 | 1:37 | 14:12 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:28 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 9:57 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle MacLean | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:35 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 12:25 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:58 | 1:02 | 2:17 | 13:39 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Ritchie | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 15:01 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:43 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 13:41 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Boqvist | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | 0:49 | 0:49 | 14:16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony DeAngelo | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 21:28 | 2:43 | 0:40 | 18:05 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah George | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:56 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 13:54 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mayfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:26 | 0:05 | 2:20 | 17:01 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Pelech | 1 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 20:26 | 0:06 | 2:55 | 17:25 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Schaefer | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:14 | 3:14 | 1:14 | 18:46 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rittich | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .800 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 58:03 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-0, on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders?
Buffalo Sabres 5, New York Islanders 0.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (2 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders played?
UBS Arena, Elmont, NY.
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