New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Islanders

42-29-5, 89 PTS

3-4

Final

Sabres

46-21-8, 100 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NYI shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NYI	6	9	13	28
BUF	12	7	14	33

In net

Ilya Sorokin29/32 SV, .906

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen25/28 SV, .893

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

Who won: Sabres 4-3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres win the series 3-0. Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (1). Brayden Schenn led the Islanders in goals (1).

NYI

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Mathew BarzalC	0	0	1	0	20:24	2:50	0:00	17:34	23	0	19	1	3	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Casey CizikasC	0	3	0	0	13:17	0:00	1:17	12:00	19	0	9	0	1	1	5	4	55.6	3	1	2
Anthony DuclairLW	0	0	1	0	11:29	0:00	0:00	11:29	16	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Marc GatcombC	2	3	0	0	11:07	0:00	0:00	11:07	15	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Emil HeinemanLW	1	2	0	0	15:21	0:12	2:05	13:04	22	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Bo HorvatC	0	1	0	0	21:22	2:43	2:43	15:56	25	0	30	3	3	2	12	11	52.2	0	0	0
Anders LeeLW	0	4	0	1	14:10	0:16	0:00	13:54	18	1	18	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	5
Kyle MacLeanC	0	5	1	0	12:18	0:00	0:00	12:18	15	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	3	0	0
Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	2	0	0	15:19	0:13	2:41	12:25	22	0	15	0	1	0	10	8	55.6	0	0	0
Ondrej PalatLW	1	1	0	-1	11:42	0:00	0:00	11:42	15	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Calum RitchieC	0	0	1	0	16:33	2:49	0:00	13:44	20	1	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Brayden SchennC	0	3	0	0	18:54	2:49	0:00	16:05	20	1	17	1	1	1	4	3	57.1	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Adam BoqvistD	0	0	0	0	13:02	0:27	0:00	12:35	20	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Scott MayfieldD	1	1	0	0	12:01	0:00	1:40	10:21	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Adam PelechD	2	1	0	0	21:17	0:27	2:21	18:29	31	4	0	2	2	0	1	2
Ryan PulockD	2	0	0	1	19:17	0:00	2:42	16:35	30	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew SchaeferD	1	0	2	0	29:40	2:39	0:50	26:11	29	22	1	4	2	1	0	0
Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	-1	19:22	0:05	1:13	18:04	31	5	0	0	0	1	2	4