New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-03-31

NHL · Mar 31, 2026

New York Islanders42-29-5

3–4

Final

Buffalo Sabres46-21-8

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The Sabres slipped past the Islanders 4–3 at KeyBank Center. P. Krebs took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Islanders	0	1	2	3	28
Sabres	1	0	3	4	33

★ Three Stars

1P. KrebsBUF · 1G 0A

2J. QuinnBUF · 1G 1A

3J. NorrisBUF · 0G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

14:19

Jack Quinn (Josh Norris)PP

0-1

2nd Period

17:57

Calum Ritchie (Brayden Schenn, Bo Horvat)PP

1-1

3rd Period

02:40

Tage Thompson (Josh Norris, Jack Quinn)PP

1-2

13:39

Anders Lee (Bo Horvat, Matthew Schaefer)

2-2

16:59

Peyton Krebs (Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson)

2-3

18:17

Bowen Byram (Mattias Samuelsson)EN

2-4

19:59

Brayden Schenn (Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat)

3-4

Boxscore

Islanders3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Bo HorvatC	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	0	21:22
Brayden SchennC	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	18:54
Anders LeeL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	4	0	14:10
Calum RitchieC	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16:33
Mathew BarzalC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	20:24
Matthew SchaeferD	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	29:40
Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	13:17
Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:29
Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	15:21
Kyle MacLeanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	12:18
Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	15:19
Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	11:42
Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	12:01
Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	21:17
Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	19:17
Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	19:22
Adam BoqvistD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13:02
Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	11:07

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ilya SorokinStart	32	29	3	.906	57:52
David Rittich	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jack QuinnR	1	1	2	-1	0	7	3	0	16:11
Tage ThompsonC	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	21:31
Josh NorrisC	0	2	2	+1	6	1	2	0	15:04
Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	17:37
Bowen ByramD	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	22:14
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	2	22:44
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	20:25
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	13:02
Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	6:47
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	13:17
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	11:20
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	18:38
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	15:32
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	23:14
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	14:04
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	19:16
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:13
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	13:54

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	28	25	3	.893	59:41
Alex Lyon	0	0	0	-	0:00