New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres, 2025-12-20

NHL · Dec 20, 2025

New York Islanders19-13-4

2–3

Final – SO

Buffalo Sabres16-14-4

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The Sabres edged the Islanders 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center. A. Lyon took first star.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Islanders	0	1	1	0	2	34
Sabres	1	1	0	1	3	32

★ Three Stars

1A. LyonBUF

2R. DahlinBUF · 1G 0A

3J. NorrisBUF · 0G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

01:47

Rasmus Dahlin (Alex Lyon)PP

0-1

2nd Period

08:55

Tage Thompson (Josh Doan, Peyton Krebs)

0-2

19:37

Mathew Barzal (Anders Lee, Simon Holmstrom)

1-2

3rd Period

19:31

Emil Heineman (Mathew Barzal, Matthew Schaefer)PP

2-2

Shootout

00:00

Josh Norris

2-3

Boxscore

Islanders2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Mathew BarzalC	1	1	2	+1	2	4	0	1	23:33
Emil HeinemanL	1	0	1	-1	0	10	4	1	18:49
Simon HolmstromR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	17:49
Matthew SchaeferD	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	1	23:36
Anders LeeL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	20:04
Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:18
Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:48
Kyle MacLeanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:55
Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	15:34
Tony DeAngeloD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	22:55
Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	17:48
Adam PelechD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	26:25
Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	20:18
Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	17:16
Maksim TsyplakovR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12:08
Marshall WarrenD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	9:51
Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	11:14
Calum RitchieC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:57

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
David RittichStart	32	30	2	.938	62:39
Ilya Sorokin	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	22:48
Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0	25:52
Josh DoanR	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	19:09
Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	13:29
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18:25
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	8:55
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:06
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19:39
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:42
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:24
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:05
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	17:05
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	24:12
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	1	21:06
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	3	17:28
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9:33
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	22:49
Joshua DunneC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	10:20

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	34	32	2	.941	64:55
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00