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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
NYI
New York Islanders
3 – 4
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
40% xGF%
60% xGF%
NYI was expected to score 2.36 goals BUF was expected to score 3.59 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG NYI BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 5:14 1.25 2 4:42 0.72 2
Even Strength 50:04 1.07 1 50:04 2.87 1
Penalty Kill 4:42 0.05 0 5:14 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 1:42 0.06 0
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 35:56 1.90 0
Tied 22:22 0.34 0 22:22 1.63 3
Down 1 35:56 1.64 2 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 1:42 0.39 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Jack Quinn scores at 14:19 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (0-1)
  • ► Calum Ritchie scores at 17:57 in the 2nd period 0.19 xG (1-1)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 2:40 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (1-2)
  • ► Anders Lee scores at 13:39 in the 3rd period 0.02 xG (2-2)
  • ► Peyton Krebs scores at 16:59 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (2-3)
  • ► Bowen Byram scores at 18:17 in the 3rd period (2-4)
  • ► Brayden Schenn scores at 19:59 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (3-4)
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BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.61 1 1 2 24 21:31 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.52 0 0 0 20 13:02 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.52 1 1 2 22 16:11 7 -1 0 1 0 0 0
NYI Bo Horvat (C) 0.32 0 3 3 25 21:22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Brayden Schenn (C) 0.28 1 1 2 20 18:54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Mathew Barzal (C) 0.21 0 1 1 23 20:24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Anders Lee (L) 0.20 1 0 1 18 14:10 2 +1 5 0 0 0 0
NYI Ondrej Palat (L) 0.19 0 0 0 15 11:42 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.19 0 0 0 20 13:17 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Calum Ritchie (C) 0.19 1 0 1 20 16:33 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.18 0 0 0 27 18:38 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.18 0 0 0 17 11:20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.16 0 1 1 24 20:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Kyle MacLean (C) 0.14 0 0 0 15 12:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.12 1 0 1 21 17:37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.12 0 0 0 21 15:32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Marc Gatcomb (C) 0.11 0 0 0 15 11:07 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.10 0 0 0 13 06:47 1 0 5 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.08 0 2 2 22 15:04 1 +1 6 0 0 0 0
NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau (C) 0.02 0 0 0 22 15:19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Casey Cizikas (C) 0.01 0 0 0 19 13:17 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
NYI Emil Heineman (L) 0.00 0 0 0 22 15:21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Anthony Duclair (L) 0.00 0 0 0 16 11:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NYI Matthew Schaefer (D) 0.36 0 1 1 29 29:40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.20 1 0 1 25 22:14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.19 0 1 1 27 22:44 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.18 0 0 0 24 19:16 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Adam Boqvist (D) 0.18 0 0 0 20 13:02 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.15 0 0 0 26 23:14 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Adam Pelech (D) 0.13 0 0 0 31 21:17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.06 0 0 0 18 13:54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 0 0 15 14:04 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Ryan Pulock (D) 0.02 0 0 0 30 19:17 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NYI Scott Mayfield (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 12:01 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
NYI Carson Soucy (D) 0.00 0 0 0 31 19:22 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NYI Ilya Sorokin (G) +1.82% 0.906 0.6 3 29 57:52 32 L 0
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -2.28% 0.893 -0.6 3 25 59:41 28 W 0