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Saturday, December 20, 2025 (5:00 PM ET)
KeyBank Center | MSG-B
New York Islanders NYI
2-3
Final/SO
BUF Buffalo Sabres
49% xGF Expected Goals Share 51% xGF
NYI was expected to score 3.64 goals BUF was expected to score 3.72 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG NYI BUF Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 1:47 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (0-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 8:55 in the 2nd period 0.19 xG (0-2)
  • ► Mathew Barzal scores at 19:37 in the 2nd period 0.20 xG (1-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Emil Heineman scores at 19:31 in the 3rd period 0.11 xG (2-2) End of Period 3
  • No goals this period End of OT
  • BUF wins in the shootout End of Game
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xG by State
New York Islanders
Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:38 0.16 1 6:25 1.15 1
Even Strength 53:57 3.29 1 53:57 2.57 1
Short-Handed 6:25 0.19 0 4:38 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 10:42 0.35 0
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 47:02 2.92 1
Tied 6:59 1.26 0 6:59 0.45 1
Down 1 47:02 1.33 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 10:42 1.05 1 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NYI Simon Holmstrom (R) 0.92 0 1 1 24 17:49 2 +1 0 0
NYI Mathew Barzal (C) 0.64 1 1 2 23 23:33 4 +1 2 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.53 1 0 1 25 22:48 4 0 0 0
NYI Emil Heineman (L) 0.52 1 0 1 22 18:49 10 -1 0 1
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.48 0 0 0 20 18:25 2 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.47 0 1 1 22 19:09 2 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.40 0 0 0 23 21:06 5 0 2 0
NYI Marc Gatcomb (C) 0.23 0 0 0 16 11:14 1 0 0 0
NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau (C) 0.23 0 0 0 25 15:34 3 -1 2 0
NYI Calum Ritchie (C) 0.23 0 0 0 18 12:57 2 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 0 0 0 22 19:39 2 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.17 0 0 0 19 15:24 2 0 0 0
NYI Anders Lee (L) 0.16 0 1 1 21 20:04 0 +1 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.13 0 0 0 13 08:55 1 0 2 0
BUF Josh Dunne (C) 0.09 0 0 0 13 10:20 1 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.06 0 0 0 19 14:42 1 0 0 0
NYI Maxim Tsyplakov (R) 0.05 0 0 0 16 12:08 1 0 0 0
NYI Casey Cizikas (C) 0.03 0 0 0 23 16:18 0 0 0 0
NYI Jonathan Drouin (L) 0.03 0 0 0 21 17:16 0 -1 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:33 1 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 1 1 17 13:29 0 0 0 0
NYI Anthony Duclair (L) 0.00 0 0 0 16 10:48 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 24 17:06 0 0 0 0
NYI Kyle MacLean (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:55 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.70 1 0 1 29 25:52 5 +1 0 1
NYI Matthew Schaefer (D) 0.26 0 1 1 27 23:36 3 -1 0 0
NYI Tony DeAngelo (D) 0.19 0 0 0 26 22:55 3 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.17 0 0 0 25 22:49 1 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.17 0 0 0 15 14:05 1 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.09 0 0 0 22 17:05 2 -1 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.07 0 0 0 24 17:28 2 -1 2 0
NYI Adam Pelech (D) 0.06 0 0 0 30 26:25 1 +1 2 0
NYI Ryan Pulock (D) 0.04 0 0 0 26 20:18 2 -1 0 0
NYI Marshall Warren (D) 0.01 0 0 0 18 09:51 1 0 2 0
NYI Scott Mayfield (D) 0.01 0 0 0 26 17:48 1 +1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 24:12 0 +1 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NYI David Rittich (G) +3.73% 0.938 1.7 2 30 62:39 32 O 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +3.09% 0.941 1.6 2 32 64:55 34 W 0