01/Line score
The shootout column is the single goal the winner is credited with in the final score, not the number of attempts converted. Shootout attempts do not appear on any skater's goal total.
02/Scoring summary
1st
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | NYI–BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:47 | BUF | Rasmus Dahlin (4) | Alex Lyon | 0–1 |
2nd
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | NYI–BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:55 | BUF | Tage Thompson (18) | Josh Doan, Peyton Krebs | 0–2 |
| 19:37 | NYI | Mathew Barzal (10) | Anders Lee, Simon Holmstrom | 1–2 |
3rd
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | NYI–BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:31 | NYI | Emil Heineman (12) | Mathew Barzal, Matthew Schaefer | 2–2 |
Shootout
| Team | Scored on the attempt | Goaltender |
|---|---|---|
| NYI | Mathew Barzal | Alex Lyon |
| BUF | Jack Quinn | David Rittich |
| BUF | Josh Norris | David Rittich |
03/Team stats
Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.
Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.
04/New York Islanders
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | H | BLK | FO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7-6 | 23:33 |
| Matthew Schaefer | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 23:36 |
| Anders Lee | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 20:04 |
| Emil Heineman | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | – | 18:49 |
| Simon Holmstrom | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:49 |
| Adam Pelech | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 26:25 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 22:55 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 20:18 |
| Scott Mayfield | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 17:48 |
| Jonathan Drouin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-1 | 17:16 |
| Casey Cizikas | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-9 | 16:18 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9-4 | 15:34 |
| Kyle MacLean | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 13:55 |
| NHL 8484221 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 12:57 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 12:08 |
| NHL 8483553 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 11:14 |
| Anthony Duclair | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 10:48 |
| Marshall Warren | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 9:51 |
| Skaters | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 8 |
Goaltending
| Player | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rittich | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 62:39 |
| Ilya Sorokin | – | – | – | – | — |
A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.
05/Buffalo Sabres
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | H | BLK | FO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 25:52 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 22:48 |
| Josh Doan | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 19:09 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | 13:29 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 24:12 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 22:49 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 21:06 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 19:39 |
| Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 18:25 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | 17:28 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-13 | 17:06 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 17:05 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 15:24 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 14:42 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 14:05 |
| NHL 8482623 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-2 | 10:20 |
| NHL 8478413 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 9:33 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 8:55 |
| Skaters | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 |
Goaltending
| Player | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 64:55 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | – | – | – | – | — |
A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.
06/Penalties
| Per | Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min | Drawn by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 01:27 | NYI | Mathew Barzal | Tripping | 2 | Jack Quinn |
| 1st | 02:43 | BUF | Beck Malenstyn | Hooking | 2 | Mathew Barzal |
| 1st | 05:01 | NYI | Adam Pelech | Delay of game (puck over the glass) | 2 | – |
| 3rd | 04:24 | NYI | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Tripping | 2 | Bowen Byram |
| 3rd | 09:41 | NYI | Marshall Warren | Delay of game (puck over the glass) | 2 | – |
| 3rd | 18:33 | BUF | Michael Kesselring | Slashing | 2 | Anders Lee |
| OT | 04:43 | BUF | Alex Tuch | Tripping | 2 | Matthew Schaefer |
07/Game
- Date
- Sat Dec 20, 2025
- Venue
- KeyBank Center, Buffalo
- Season
- 2025-26
- Type
- Regular season
- Decision
- Final / SO
- NHL game id
- 2025020553
Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 4 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.