Holmstrom scores two, Sorokin stops 29 as Islanders beat Sabres 3-0
— Simon Holmstrom scored twice and Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots for first shutout of the season as the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday night.
National Hockey League
FINAL
Buffalo Sabres
0
New York Islanders
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Match Report
Last five matches
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/8/26 | vs Vegas Golden Knights | L 1-4 | NHL |
| 11/6/26 | vs Columbus Blue Jackets | W 5-2 | NHL |
| 11/4/26 | vs Ottawa Senators | L 1-2 | NHL |
| 10/31/26 | @ Los Angeles Kings | W 3-2 | NHL |
| 10/29/26 | @ Anaheim Ducks | W 7-6 | NHL |
| Full Schedule | |||
Play by Play
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Goal 19:52 0-3
Simon Holmstrom Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
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Missed 18:48 0-2
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 17:58 0-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 16:59 0-2
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 13:33 0-2
Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 13:07 0-2
Kyle MacLean Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
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Missed 11:34 0-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Short
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Missed 9:36 0-2
Anders Lee Backhand Wide Right
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Penalty 8:42 0-2
Jacob Bryson Tripping against Casey Cizikas
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Missed 8:20 0-2
Tage Thompson Tip-In High and Wide Right
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Penalty 4:23 0-2
Bo Horvat Tripping against Zach Benson
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Penalty 0:56 0-2
Alex Tuch Tripping against Kyle Palmieri
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Missed 19:53 0-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
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Missed 18:45 0-2
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
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Missed 18:35 0-2
Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot Short
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Missed 17:30 0-2
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 17:20 0-2
Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
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Missed 16:07 0-2
Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 15:53 0-2
Connor Clifton Snap Shot Above Crossbar
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Penalty 9:57 0-2
Noah Dobson Delaying Game - Puck over glass
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Goal 9:28 0-2
Simon Holmstrom Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Anders Lee (9)
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Missed 9:10 0-1
Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
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Goal 7:23 0-1
Anders Lee Goal (10) Tip-In, assists: Kyle Palmieri (10), Dennis Cholowski (4)
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Penalty 7:03 0-0
Bowen Byram Hooking against Noah Dobson
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Missed 6:16 0-0
Nicolas Aube-Kubel Snap Shot Wide Right
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Missed 4:47 0-0
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 0:17 0-0
Matt Martin Snap Shot High and Wide Left
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Missed 19:37 0-0
Brock Nelson Backhand High and Wide Left
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Missed 17:35 0-0
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 17:19 0-0
Nicolas Aube-Kubel Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 16:46 0-0
Oliver Wahlstrom Tip-In Above Crossbar
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Missed 15:41 0-0
Simon Holmstrom Backhand Wide Right
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Missed 13:57 0-0
Zach Benson Tip-In Wide Left
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Missed 13:12 0-0
Anders Lee Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 13:02 0-0
Simon Holmstrom Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
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Missed 10:23 0-0
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 5:57 0-0
Zach Benson Backhand Wide Left
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Missed 2:00 0-0
Maxim Tsyplakov Wrist Shot Wide Left
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End of Game 20:00 0-3
Game End
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Period End 20:00 0-3
End of 3rd Period
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Face Off 19:52 0-3
Kyle MacLean faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
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Goal 19:52 0-3
Simon Holmstrom Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
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Giveaway 19:48 0-2
Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
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Giveaway 19:46 0-2
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
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Blocked 19:43 0-2
Alex Tuch shot blocked by Ryan Pulock
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Shot 19:38 0-2
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Face Off 19:34 0-2
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Bo Horvat
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Stoppage 19:34 0-2
Icing
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Face Off 19:26 0-2
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Bo Horvat
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Stoppage 19:26 0-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 19:25 0-2
Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Face Off 19:07 0-2
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
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Stoppage 19:07 0-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 19:05 0-2
Zach Benson Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Shot 19:04 0-2
Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Missed 18:48 0-2
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Shot 18:05 0-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Hit 18:04 0-2
Anders Lee hit Rasmus Dahlin
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Missed 17:58 0-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Blocked 17:44 0-2
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Alex Tuch
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Face Off 17:42 0-2
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
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Stoppage 17:42 0-2
Off-side
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Missed 16:59 0-2
Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Hit 16:38 0-2
Casey Cizikas hit Jason Zucker
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Giveaway 16:37 0-2
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
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Hit 16:32 0-2
Matt Martin hit Rasmus Dahlin
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Giveaway 16:19 0-2
Giveaway by Jason Zucker
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Hit 16:12 0-2
Jiri Kulich hit Scott Mayfield
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Face Off 15:55 0-2
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
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Stoppage 15:55 0-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 15:50 0-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Hit 15:43 0-2
Anders Lee hit Henri Jokiharju
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Shot 14:48 0-2
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by James Reimer
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Face Off 14:22 0-2
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
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Stoppage 14:22 0-2
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 14:20 0-2
Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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Blocked 13:50 0-2
Tage Thompson shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
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Missed 13:33 0-2
Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Left
Showing the last 40 of 308 events.
Team Stats
BUF
NYI
13
Blocked Shots
16
16
Hits
30
4
Takeaways
5
29
Shots
20
0
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
3
0.0
Power Play Percentage
33.3
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
24
Faceoffs Won
32
42.9
Faceoff Win Percent
57.1
12
Giveaways
15
3
Total Penalties
2
6
Penalty Minutes
4
Head to Head
NYI lead series 2-0
Injuries
New York Islanders
- Mathew Barzal Injured Reserve
- Ryan Pulock Out
- Matias Maccelli Injured Reserve
- Calum Ritchie Injured Reserve
- Alexander Romanov Injured Reserve
Buffalo Sabres
- Konsta Helenius Out
- Justin Danforth Injured Reserve
- Alex Lyon Injured Reserve
- Matt Grzelcyk Injured Reserve
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