New York Islanders

42-29-5, 89 PTS

Ugh, no.

New York Islanders lost to the Buffalo Sabres

42-29-5, 89 PTS 3 – 4

46-21-8, 100 PTS

Final · Tue, Mar 31

Game Details

KeyBank Center (Buffalo) · 19,070 fans · MSGB, MSG2, ESPN+

Recap

Byram's empty-netter stands as winner to lift Sabres past Islanders 4-3

Bowen Byram flipped a long shot into an empty net with 1:43 remaining to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Recap via ESPN

KeyBank Center · Buffalo

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	2	3
BUF	1	0	3	4

Game Leaders

New York Islanders

Brayden Schenn · 1Goals
Bo Horvat · 3Assists
Bo Horvat · 3Points

Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson · 1Goals
Josh Norris · 2Assists
Tage Thompson · 2Points

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

Scoring

3rd 19:59

Brayden Schenn Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Mathew Barzal (49), Bo Horvat (25)3–4

3rd 18:17

ENG Bowen Byram Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (28)2–4

3rd 16:59

Peyton Krebs Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (31), Tage Thompson (40)2–3

3rd 13:39

Anders Lee Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (24), Matthew Schaefer (35)2–2

3rd 2:40

PPG Tage Thompson Goal (38) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (17), Jack Quinn (31)1–2

2nd 17:57

PPG Calum Ritchie Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Schenn (21), Bo Horvat (23)1–1

1st 14:19

PPG Jack Quinn Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (16)0–1

Team Stats

New York IslandersBuffalo Sabres

Shots & Puck

28 Shots on Goal 33

10 Blocked Shots 15

26 Hits 25

54.2 Faceoff % 45.8

6 Takeaways 1

12 Giveaways 19

Special Teams

1/3 Power Play 2/4

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

15 Penalty Minutes 13

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
M. Barzal	0	1	0	3	20:24	0	0	0	1	2:50	0:00	17:34	23	0	0	1	0.0	1	0
C. Cizikas	0	0	0	1	13:17	2	3	0	0	0:00	1:17	12:00	19	1	5	4	55.6	3	1
A. Duclair	0	0	0	0	11:29	0	0	0	1	0:00	0:00	11:29	16	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
M. Gatcomb	0	0	0	2	11:07	0	3	2	0	0:00	0:00	11:07	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
E. Heineman	0	0	0	1	15:21	0	2	1	0	0:12	2:05	13:04	22	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
B. Horvat	0	3	0	3	21:22	0	1	0	0	2:43	2:43	15:56	25	2	12	11	52.2	0	0
A. Lee	1	0	1	2	14:10	5	4	0	0	0:16	0:00	13:54	18	0	0	0	0.0	2	1
K. MacLean	0	0	0	0	12:18	0	5	0	1	0:00	0:00	12:18	15	1	1	0	100.0	3	0
J. Pageau	0	0	0	1	15:19	0	2	0	0	0:13	2:41	12:25	22	0	10	8	55.6	0	0
O. Palat	0	0	-1	2	11:42	0	1	1	0	0:00	0:00	11:42	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
C. Ritchie	1	0	0	1	16:33	0	0	0	1	2:49	0:00	13:44	20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
B. Schenn	1	1	0	1	18:54	0	3	0	0	2:49	0:00	16:05	20	1	4	3	57.1	1	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
A. Boqvist	0	0	3	13:02	0	0	0	0	0:27	0:00	12:35	20	0	0	0
S. Mayfield	0	0	0	12:01	2	1	1	0	0:00	1:40	10:21	17	0	0	1
A. Pelech	0	0	2	21:17	2	1	2	0	0:27	2:21	18:29	31	2	0	1
R. Pulock	0	1	2	19:17	0	0	2	0	0:00	2:42	16:35	30	0	0	0
M. Schaefer	1	0	4	29:40	0	0	1	2	2:39	0:50	26:11	29	2	1	0
C. Soucy	0	-1	0	19:22	4	0	0	0	0:05	1:13	18:04	31	0	1	2

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
I. Sorokin	29	32	3	.906	57:52	25	4	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
Z. Benson	0	0	1	4	13:02	0	1	0	0:52	0:00	12:10	20	1	0	0	0.0	3	0
S. Carrick	0	0	0	1	6:47	5	1	0	0:00	0:17	6:30	13	0	4	5	44.4	0	1
J. Doan	0	0	1	1	13:17	0	1	0	0:52	0:00	12:25	20	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Greenway	0	0	0	0	11:13	0	0	2	0:00	1:33	9:40	17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
P. Krebs	1	0	0	1	17:37	0	5	0	0:00	0:00	17:37	21	0	1	3	25.0	2	0
B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	2	11:20	0	3	0	0:00	1:47	9:33	17	0	1	1	50.0	0	0
R. McLeod	0	0	-1	2	18:38	0	0	2	0:52	1:34	16:12	27	2	8	10	44.4	2	0
J. Norris	0	2	1	1	15:04	6	2	0	3:31	0:00	11:33	22	0	4	6	40.0	0	3
J. Quinn	1	1	-1	7	16:11	0	3	0	3:31	0:00	12:40	22	0	0	0	0.0	3	0
T. Thompson	1	1	0	3	21:31	0	1	0	3:31	0:00	18:00	24	5	7	5	58.3	0	0
A. Tuch	0	1	0	0	20:25	0	3	2	0:52	1:02	18:31	24	2	1	0	100.0	0	0
J. Zucker	0	0	-1	2	15:32	0	1	1	3:31	0:00	12:01	21	0	1	2	33.3	1	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
B. Byram	1	0	0	2	22:14	0	1	3	0	0:52	1:14	20:08	25	4	1	0
R. Dahlin	0	0	1	3	23:14	0	0	0	0	3:31	0:00	19:43	26	2	1	0
Z. Metsa	0	0	1	1	14:04	0	0	0	0	0:00	0:45	13:19	15	1	0	0
O. Power	0	0	-2	1	19:16	0	0	1	1	0:00	1:49	17:27	24	1	1	0
M. Samuelsson	0	1	0	1	22:44	2	3	2	0	0:00	1:19	21:25	27	1	3	1
L. Stanley	0	0	0	1	13:54	0	0	2	0	0:00	1:04	12:50	18	2	1	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
U. Luukkonen	25	28	3	.893	59:41	21	2	2	0

Injury Report

Buffalo Sabres

Alex Lyon GInjured Reserve
Conor Timmins DInjured Reserve
Topias Leinonen GInjured Reserve
Jack Rathbone DInjured Reserve
Jason Zucker LWInjured Reserve

New York Islanders

Mathew Barzal CInjured Reserve

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