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	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	1	1	13:02	0:52	0:00	12:10	20	0	10	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Sam CarrickC	0	1	0	6:47	0:00	0:17	6:30	13	0	9	0	1	0	4	5	44.4	0	1	5
Josh DoanRW	0	1	1	13:17	0:52	0:00	12:25	20	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	2	0	0	11:13	0:00	1:33	9:40	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	5	0	17:37	0:00	0:00	17:37	21	1	11	0	1	0	1	3	25.0	2	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	0	3	0	11:20	0:00	1:47	9:33	17	0	6	0	2	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	2	0	-1	18:38	0:52	1:34	16:12	27	0	12	0	2	2	8	10	44.4	2	0	0
Josh NorrisC	0	2	1	15:04	3:31	0:00	11:33	22	0	10	2	1	0	4	6	40.0	0	3	6
Jack QuinnRW	0	3	-1	16:11	3:31	0:00	12:40	22	1	18	1	7	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	0	21:31	3:31	0:00	18:00	24	1	38	1	3	5	7	5	58.3	0	0	0
Alex TuchRW	2	3	0	20:25	0:52	1:02	18:31	24	0	29	1	0	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	1	1	-1	15:32	3:31	0:00	12:01	21	0	22	0	2	0	1	2	33.3	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen ByramD	3	1	0	0	22:14	0:52	1:14	20:08	25	1	11	0	2	4	1	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	1	23:14	3:31	0:00	19:43	26	0	17	0	3	2	1	0	0
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	1	14:04	0:00	0:45	13:19	15	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Owen PowerD	1	0	1	-2	19:16	0:00	1:49	17:27	24	0	8	0	1	1	1	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	3	0	0	22:44	0:00	1:19	21:25	27	0	12	1	1	1	3	1	2
Logan StanleyD	2	0	0	0	13:54	0:00	1:04	12:50	18	0	9	0	1	2	1	0	0