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Sunday, March 21, 2027
3:00 PM ET
UBS Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
@
New York Islanders
 NYI
44% Win Probability
56% Win Probability
BUF is expected to score 2.82 goals NYI is expected to score 3.23 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Buffalo Sabres New York Islanders
Record 2-3-0 2-3-0
L10 Record 2-3-0 2-3-0
Pts% 40.00% 40.00%
Division Rank 7 (Atlantic) 7 (Metropolitan)
Conference Rank 14 (Eastern) 13 (Eastern)
Projected Points 89.08 89.46
xGF/G 3.10+0.38 ● 2.73
xGA/G 2.51+0.55 ● 3.06
xGF% 55.30%+8.20 ● 47.10%
L10 xGF - -
L10 xGA - -
L10 xGF% - -
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.55 3 2 5 5 19:46 2.7 0.3 29 10.3 0.094 0.9 65 30 46.2 0.47 -0.10 0.38
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.43 0 1 1 5 19:24 2.1 -2.1 9 0.0 0.236 -23.6 6 2 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Bo Horvat (C) 0.41 4 2 6 5 19:22 2.1 0.9 17 23.5 0.122 11.3 75 43 57.3 0.16 -0.05 0.11
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.38 2 0 2 5 19:59 1.9 0.1 14 14.3 0.137 0.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.36 1 2 3 5 18:11 1.8 -0.8 14 7.1 0.128 -5.6 51 18 35.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Brayden Schenn (C) 0.34 2 3 5 5 15:40 1.7 0.3 10 20.0 0.171 2.9 27 15 55.6 0.09 0.00 0.09
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.23 1 1 2 4 11:58 0.9 0.1 4 25.0 0.229 2.1 32 16 50.0 0.00 -0.09 -0.09
NYI Kyle Palmieri (C) 0.22 0 0 0 5 15:42 1.1 -1.1 9 0.0 0.123 -12.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Victor Eklund (R) 0.21 1 1 2 5 13:21 1.0 0.0 5 20.0 0.210 -1.0 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.20 0 2 2 5 14:37 1.0 -1.0 5 0.0 0.204 -20.4 8 3 37.5 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Casey Cizikas (C) 0.20 1 1 2 5 12:20 1.0 0.0 6 16.7 0.168 -0.1 41 22 53.7 0.02 0.00 0.02
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.19 0 0 0 5 15:59 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.139 -13.9 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Emil Heineman (L) 0.19 2 0 2 5 15:23 0.9 1.1 5 40.0 0.188 21.2 3 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Ondrej Palat (L) 0.19 1 1 2 5 12:29 0.9 0.1 7 14.3 0.133 1.0 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Calum Ritchie (C) 0.18 1 1 2 5 14:20 0.9 0.1 6 16.7 0.150 1.7 33 13 39.4 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Anthony Duclair (L) 0.17 1 0 1 5 12:48 0.8 0.2 7 14.3 0.120 2.3 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.16 0 1 1 5 16:05 0.8 -0.8 5 0.0 0.161 -16.1 44 25 56.8 0.04 0.00 0.04
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.16 1 0 1 4 14:06 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.106 6.1 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Matias Maccelli (L) 0.13 0 3 3 5 15:15 0.6 -0.6 6 0.0 0.107 -10.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.07 0 1 1 5 15:04 0.3 -0.3 3 0.0 0.116 -11.6 48 25 52.1 0.16 -0.10 0.07
BUF Justin Danforth (R) 0.06 0 0 0 3 10:05 0.2 -0.2 1 0.0 0.177 -17.7 25 13 52.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Simon Holmstrom (R) 0.06 1 1 2 5 16:13 0.3 0.7 2 50.0 0.145 35.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau (C) 0.05 1 2 3 5 14:40 0.2 0.8 4 25.0 0.062 18.8 81 42 51.9 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.02 0 0 0 5 9:27 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.104 -10.4 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.02 0 0 0 3 7:55 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.048 -4.8 16 8 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 1 7:32 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
NYI Matthew Schaefer (D) 0.20 0 4 4 5 25:26 1.0 -1.0 19 0.0 0.053 -5.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.17 1 2 3 5 26:32 0.9 0.1 15 6.7 0.057 0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.09 1 4 5 5 26:02 0.4 0.6 5 20.0 0.088 11.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Tony DeAngelo (D) 0.08 1 1 2 5 16:40 0.4 0.6 6 16.7 0.067 10.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.06 0 0 0 4 16:39 0.2 -0.2 1 0.0 0.222 -22.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.05 1 1 2 5 20:12 0.2 0.8 6 16.7 0.041 12.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Scott Mayfield (D) 0.04 0 0 0 2 13:38 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.076 -7.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Alexander Romanov (D)+ 0.03 0 0 0 3 16:34 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.029 -2.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Adam Pelech (D) 0.03 0 2 2 5 20:36 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.065 -6.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.02 0 1 1 5 15:14 0.1 -0.1 5 0.0 0.024 -2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Logan Stanley (D) 0.02 0 4 4 5 19:25 0.1 -0.1 4 0.0 0.026 -2.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Ryan Pulock (D) 0.02 0 0 0 5 18:01 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.099 -9.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.01 0 1 1 5 11:39 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D) 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
NYI Ilya Sorokin (G) +4.33% 4.8 1.77 0.937 2 4 2 50.0 1 7 111 104 11.8
NYI Semyon Varlamov (G) +2.28% 0.5 3.03 0.864 0 1 1 0.0 0 3 22 19 3.5
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.51% 0.3 2.91 0.880 1 2 1 50.0 0 6 50 44 6.3
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -10.38% -5.7 4.02 0.782 1 3 2 33.3 0 12 55 43 6.3