National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Islanders 2, Buffalo 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 31, 2015
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Ryan Galloway
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 0112
Buffalo 0011
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:20 - Islanders Matt Martin (2) Interference
 9:40 - Islanders Anders Lee (2) Cross checking
 10:46 - Islanders Frans Nielsen (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:35 - Islanders Frans Nielsen (PP) Assists: John Tavares , Nick Leddy
Penalties
8:37 - Sabres Josh Gorges (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
1:07 - Islanders Nikolay Kulemin (EV) Assists: Kyle Okposo , Johnny Boychuk
11:18 - Sabres Ryan O'Reilly (PP) Assists: Jack Eichel , Rasmus Ristolainen
Penalties
4:32 - Sabres Brian Gionta (2) Hooking
 9:45 - Islanders Anders Lee (2) Tripping
New York Islanders
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Thomas Greiss G 0 0 0 0 0 59:47 50:10 2:58 6:39 0 0 - - - - -
Christopher Gibson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 22:30 20:20 2:00 0:10 0 0 - 2 - - -
Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 23:40 20:19 0:58 2:23 0 0 - 1 - - -
Josh Bailey LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 18:05 16:32 0:58 0:35 0 0 - 1 - - -
Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 16:36 14:23 0:00 2:13 0 0 - - - - -
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 11:37 8:34 0:00 3:03 0 0 4 - - - -
Matt Martin LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 15 8:59 8:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:42 11:44 0:58 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Kyle Okposo RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21 16:18 14:18 2:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Anders Lee C 0 0 0 E 4 3 22 17:10 14:49 2:00 0:21 0 0 - 1 - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 15:15 14:17 0:58 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 11:55 10:47 0:58 0:10 0 0 - 3 1 0 100
Calvin de Haan D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 21:18 17:02 0:00 4:16 0 0 2 3 - - -
Frans Nielsen C 1 0 1 +1 2 5 25 18:19 14:47 2:00 1:32 1 0 - 1 7 7 50
Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 12:39 8:17 0:00 4:22 0 0 - - 4 11 27
Johnny Boychuk D 0 1 1 +1 0 5 19 18:41 14:25 0:00 4:16 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mikhail Grabovski C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:01 11:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 4 3 57
Nikolay Kulemin LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 25 17:36 15:15 0:00 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
John Tavares C 0 1 1 E 0 5 21 18:19 16:19 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 58:05 48:28 6:39 2:58 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 16:56 15:42 0:00 1:14 0 0 1 1 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:55 10:21 0:00 1:34 0 0 - 3 - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 -1 0 7 23 20:20 17:32 2:02 0:46 0 0 - 1 2 1 67
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 21 17:19 15:53 1:26 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 E 0 6 18 20:17 14:28 5:13 0:36 0 0 - - 6 4 60
David Legwand C 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 9:18 7:06 0:00 2:12 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 13:36 12:54 0:42 0:00 0 0 1 2 4 4 50
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 17:17 13:22 3:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 12:01 10:43 1:18 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 17:30 14:59 2:02 0:29 0 0 2 - 2 3 40
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 22:11 21:53 0:08 0:10 0 0 1 2 - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 8:49 8:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:34 11:27 1:07 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 24:06 23:12 0:08 0:46 0 0 1 2 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 5 28 25:47 18:11 5:24 2:12 0 0 - 1 - - -
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 9:11 9:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 18 17:36 12:59 4:37 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 E 0 2 23 22:14 15:08 5:13 1:53 1 0 - - 12 14 46
Goaltending
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Thomas Greiss W (11-5-2) 43 42 1 .977 0 59:47
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Linus Ullmark L (5-9-2) 33 31 2 .939 0 58:05