New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders, New York Islanders 3 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders.
NHLTuesday, March 31, 2026
DateMar 31, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York IslandersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
42-29-5Record46-21-8
5th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
3-5Road record / home record4-5
LLLLWLast 5LWLWW
L4StreakL1
Team stats
New York IslandersBuffalo Sabres
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.
New 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 ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 0 | 20:24 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 17:34 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 12:00 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Duclair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:29 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:07 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 | 0:12 | 2:05 | 13:04 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 | 2:43 | 2:43 | 15:56 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 52.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Kyle MacLean | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | 0:13 | 2:41 | 12:25 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondrej Palat | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Ritchie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:33 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 13:44 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Schenn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:54 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 16:05 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 | 0:27 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mayfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 10:21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Pelech | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:17 | 0:27 | 2:21 | 18:29 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Pulock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 | 0:00 | 2:42 | 16:35 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29:40 | 2:39 | 0:50 | 26:11 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Soucy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:22 | 0:05 | 1:13 | 18:04 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .906 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 57:52 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 13:02 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 12:10 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:47 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 6:30 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 12:25 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 9:40 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:37 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 9:33 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:38 | 0:52 | 1:34 | 16:12 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:11 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 12:40 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:25 | 0:52 | 1:02 | 18:31 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:32 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 12:01 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 | 0:52 | 1:14 | 20:08 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:14 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 19:43 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 13:19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:16 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 17:27 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:44 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 21:25 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Logan Stanley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 12:50 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .893 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 59:41 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
BUF wins series 3-0
Mar 31, 2026NYI 3, BUF 4
Jan 24, 2026BUF 5, NYI 0
Dec 20, 2025NYI 2, BUF 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
What was the final score of New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres?
New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
New York Islanders: Brayden Schenn (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals).
Where is New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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