BUFFALO SABRES
Away · Win
5
Final/Sat Jan 24, 2026/UBS Arena, Elmont/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
0235
0000

02/Scoring summary

5 goals

2nd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFNYI
00:33BUFJason Zucker (12)Jack Quinn, Ryan McLeod10
19:47BUFTage Thompson (27)Zach Benson, Mattias Samuelsson20

3rd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFNYI
00:25BUFJason Zucker (13)Ryan McLeod30
14:02BUFRasmus Dahlin (8)Peyton Krebs40
14:38BUFAlex Tuch (18)Mattias Samuelsson, Michael Kesselring50

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
BUF
Away / Home
NYI
5
Goals
0
21
Shots on goal
26
11
Missed shots
15
11
Blocked shots
13
46
Shot attempts
54
16
Hits
24
13
Faceoffs won of 50
37
26.0%
Faceoff win %
74.0%
14
Giveaways
16
7
Takeaways
5
4
Penalties
3
8
Penalty minutes
6
2
Power plays
3

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/Buffalo Sabres

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Mattias SamuelssonD022+4212121:32
Ryan McLeodC022+201004-1518:14
Jason ZuckerL202+203021-213:44
Rasmus DahlinD101+4032024:44
Alex TuchR101+2010217:57
Zach BensonL011+1202017:32
Tage ThompsonC101+103203-517:06
Michael KesselringD011+1210313:45
Jack QuinnR011+2020013:12
Peyton KrebsC011+200202-812:44
Owen PowerD0000010124:30
Bowen ByramD000+1020021:18
Noah OstlundC000000011-516:56
Josh DoanR000+2000115:19
Beck MalenstynL0000002012:26
NHL 8484797000002201-011:03
Zach MetsaD0000010010:14
Tyson KozakC000+100201-29:44
Skaters58136211611

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Alex Lyon262601.00060:00
Colten Ellis

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/New York Islanders

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Matthew SchaeferD000-1211123:14
Tony DeAngeloD000-2020021:28
Adam PelechD000-3013120:26
Simon HolmstromR000-2010019:51
Scott MayfieldD000-2212219:26
Bo HorvatC000-2042014-419:20
Jonathan DrouinL000-2000017:18
Jean-Gabriel PageauC000-101119-316:58
Emil HeinemanL000-2063016:36
Adam BoqvistD0000002015:54
NHL 8484221000-203301-015:01
Max ShabanovR000-1011014:43
NHL 8483448000-1000113:56
Mathew BarzalC000-100003-312:45
Casey CizikasC000-101328-212:43
Kyle MacLeanC000-1012112:35
Anthony DuclairL000-1000412:15
Anders LeeL000-123102-111:28
Skaters0006262413

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
David Rittich20164.80058:03
Ilya Sorokin

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st11:17BUFAlex LyonHooking2Mathew Barzal
2nd01:18NYIAnders LeeTripping2NHL 8484797
2nd11:46NYIMatthew SchaeferHooking2Noah Ostlund
2nd14:57BUFMattias SamuelssonHolding2Mathew Barzal
3rd15:24BUFMichael KesselringCross-checking2Jean-Gabriel Pageau
3rd17:53BUFZach BensonSlashing2Scott Mayfield
3rd17:53NYIScott MayfieldCross-checking2Zach Benson

07/Game

Date
Sat Jan 24, 2026
Venue
UBS Arena, Elmont
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020810

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. 3 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.