Islanders vs Sabres Live Stream: Score, Rosters, Stats (31 Mar, 2026)

Islanders vs Sabres Live Score (31 Mar, 2026)

Final

3 : 4

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
NYI	0	1	2	3
BUF	1	0	3	4

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

3–4

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

3–4

3rd Period 19:59

Tage Thompson faceoff won against Bo Horvat

3–4

3rd Period 19:59

Brayden Schenn Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Mathew Barzal (49), Bo Horvat (25)

3–4

3rd Period 19:50

Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2–4

3rd Period 19:42

Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson

2–4

3rd Period 19:40

Brayden Schenn hit Mattias Samuelsson

2–4

3rd Period 19:20

Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–4

3rd Period 19:19

Matthew Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2–4

3rd Period 19:07

Anders Lee hit Beck Malenstyn

2–4

3rd Period 18:48

Beck Malenstyn Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin

2–4

3rd Period 18:46

Giveaway by Anders Lee

2–4

3rd Period 18:34

Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin

2–4

3rd Period 18:31

Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Bo Horvat

2–4

3rd Period 18:31

High Stick

2–4

3rd Period 18:26

Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Right

2–4

3rd Period 18:23

Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Bo Horvat

2–4

3rd Period 18:23

On-Ice Official

2–4

3rd Period 18:19

Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–4

3rd Period 18:17

Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Bo Horvat

2–4

3rd Period 18:17

Bowen Byram Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (28)

2–4

3rd Period 18:12

Mattias Samuelsson hit Mathew Barzal

2–3

3rd Period 18:06

Bo Horvat faceoff won against Josh Norris

2–3

3rd Period 18:06

Goalie Stopped

2–3

Scoring Summary

1st Period

14:19

Jack Quinn

Assists: Josh Norris

Jack Quinn Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (16)

0 - 1

2nd Period

17:57

Calum Ritchie

Assists: Brayden Schenn, Bo Horvat

Calum Ritchie Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Schenn (21), Bo Horvat (23)

1 - 1

3rd Period

2:40

Tage Thompson

Assists: Josh Norris, Jack Quinn

Tage Thompson Goal (38) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (17), Jack Quinn (31)

1 - 2

13:39

Anders Lee

Assists: Bo Horvat, Matthew Schaefer

Anders Lee Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (24), Matthew Schaefer (35)

2 - 2

16:59

Peyton Krebs

Assists: Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson

Peyton Krebs Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (31), Tage Thompson (40)

2 - 3

18:17

Bowen Byram

Assists: Mattias Samuelsson

Bowen Byram Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (28)

2 - 4

19:59

Brayden Schenn

Assists: Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat

Brayden Schenn Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Mathew Barzal (49), Bo Horvat (25)

3 - 4

Team Stats

NYI

BUF

10 Blocked Shots 15

26 Hits 25

6 Takeaways 1

12 Giveaways 19

1 Power Play Goals 2

3 Power Play Opportunities 4

28 Total Shots 33

15 Penalty Minutes 13

33.3 Power Play % 50.0

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

32 Faceoffs Won 27

54.2 Faceoff Percent 45.8

6 Penalties 5

Game Leaders

NYI

BUF

Brayden Schenn#10 · C

Goals

Tage Thompson#72 · C

Bo Horvat#14 · C

Assists

Josh Norris#9 · C

Bo Horvat#14 · C

Points

Tage Thompson#72 · C

Player Box Score

Islanders

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Mathew Barzal#13 · C	0	0	1	0	20:24	2:50	0:00	17:34	23	0	19	1	3	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Casey Cizikas#53 · C	0	3	0	0	13:17	0:00	1:17	12:00	19	0	9	0	1	1	5	4	55.6	3	1	2
Anthony Duclair#11 · LW	0	0	1	0	11:29	0:00	0:00	11:29	16	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Marc Gatcomb#16 · C	2	3	0	0	11:07	0:00	0:00	11:07	15	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Emil Heineman#51 · LW	1	2	0	0	15:21	0:12	2:05	13:04	22	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Bo Horvat#14 · C	0	1	0	0	21:22	2:43	2:43	15:56	25	0	30	3	3	2	12	11	52.2	0	0	0
Anders Lee#27 · LW	0	4	0	1	14:10	0:16	0:00	13:54	18	1	18	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	5
Kyle MacLean#32 · C	0	5	1	0	12:18	0:00	0:00	12:18	15	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	3	0	0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau#44 · C	0	2	0	0	15:19	0:13	2:41	12:25	22	0	15	0	1	0	10	8	55.6	0	0	0
Ondrej Palat#81 · LW	1	1	0	-1	11:42	0:00	0:00	11:42	15	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Calum Ritchie#64 · C	0	0	1	0	16:33	2:49	0:00	13:44	20	1	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Brayden Schenn#10 · C	0	3	0	0	18:54	2:49	0:00	16:05	20	1	17	1	1	1	4	3	57.1	1	0	0

Sabres

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson#6 · LW	0	1	1	13:02	0:52	0:00	12:10	20	0	10	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Sam Carrick#10 · C	0	1	0	6:47	0:00	0:17	6:30	13	0	9	0	1	0	4	5	44.4	0	1	5
Josh Doan#91 · RW	0	1	1	13:17	0:52	0:00	12:25	20	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jordan Greenway#12 · LW	2	0	0	11:13	0:00	1:33	9:40	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs#19 · C	0	5	0	17:37	0:00	0:00	17:37	21	1	11	0	1	0	1	3	25.0	2	0	0
Beck Malenstyn#29 · LW	0	3	0	11:20	0:00	1:47	9:33	17	0	6	0	2	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeod#71 · C	2	0	-1	18:38	0:52	1:34	16:12	27	0	12	0	2	2	8	10	44.4	2	0	0
Josh Norris#9 · C	0	2	1	15:04	3:31	0:00	11:33	22	0	10	2	1	0	4	6	40.0	0	3	6
Jack Quinn#22 · RW	0	3	-1	16:11	3:31	0:00	12:40	22	1	18	1	7	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Tage Thompson#72 · C	0	1	0	21:31	3:31	0:00	18:00	24	1	38	1	3	5	7	5	58.3	0	0	0
Alex Tuch#89 · RW	2	3	0	20:25	0:52	1:02	18:31	24	0	29	1	0	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jason Zucker#17 · LW	1	1	-1	15:32	3:31	0:00	12:01	21	0	22	0	2	0	1	2	33.3	1	0	0

Islanders

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Adam Boqvist#34 · D	0	0	0	0	13:02	0:27	0:00	12:35	20	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Scott Mayfield#24 · D	1	1	0	0	12:01	0:00	1:40	10:21	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Adam Pelech#3 · D	2	1	0	0	21:17	0:27	2:21	18:29	31	4	0	2	2	0	1	2
Ryan Pulock#6 · D	2	0	0	1	19:17	0:00	2:42	16:35	30	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew Schaefer#48 · D	1	0	2	0	29:40	2:39	0:50	26:11	29	22	1	4	2	1	0	0
Carson Soucy#4 · D	0	0	0	-1	19:22	0:05	1:13	18:04	31	5	0	0	0	1	2	4

Sabres

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen Byram#4 · D	3	1	0	0	22:14	0:52	1:14	20:08	25	1	11	0	2	4	1	0	0
Rasmus Dahlin#26 · D	0	0	0	1	23:14	3:31	0:00	19:43	26	0	17	0	3	2	1	0	0
Zach Metsa#73 · D	0	0	0	1	14:04	0:00	0:45	13:19	15	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Owen Power#25 · D	1	0	1	-2	19:16	0:00	1:49	17:27	24	0	8	0	1	1	1	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson#23 · D	2	3	0	0	22:44	0:00	1:19	21:25	27	0	12	1	1	1	3	1	2
Logan Stanley#64 · D	2	0	0	0	13:54	0:00	1:04	12:50	18	0	9	0	1	2	1	0	0

Islanders

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ilya Sorokin#30 · G	3	32	0	0	29	.906	25	4	0	57:52	0	0

Sabres

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen#1 · G	3	28	0	0	25	.893	21	2	2	59:41	0	0

Injury Report

Sabres

Justin Danforth

#15 · RW · Array

Jiri Kulich

#20 · C · Array

Noah Ostlund

#86 · C · Array

Head-to-Head

NYI

Last 5 Games

BUF

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Jan 24, 2026

▸5

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 20, 2025

▸3

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 23, 2024

▸7

3◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 30, 2024

4◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 1, 2024

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/14/26	vs CAR	L1-2	NHL Regular Season
4/12/26	vs MTL	L1-4	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	vs OTT	L0-3	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	vs TOR	W5-3	NHL Regular Season
4/4/26	@ CAR	L3-4	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/15/26	vs DAL	L3-4	NHL Regular Season
4/13/26	@ CHI	W5-1	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	vs CBJ	W5-0	NHL Regular Season
4/8/26	@ NYR	W5-3	NHL Regular Season
4/6/26	vs TB	W4-2	NHL Regular Season

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2026

Puck Drop Tue, Mar 31, 7:00 PM

Venue KeyBank Center

Location Buffalo, NY

Broadcast ESPN+

Attendance 19,070

Officials Dylan Blujus · Linesman, Kendrick Nicholson · Referee, Jake Brenk · Referee, James Tobias · Linesman

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Sabres	82	50	23	9	—	109	+47	L1
Lightning	82	50	26	6	—	106	+59	L1
Canadiens	82	48	24	10	—	106	+27	L1
Bruins	82	45	27	10	—	100	+22	W2
Senators	82	44	27	11	—	99	+32	W1
Red Wings	82	41	31	10	—	92	-17	L3
Panthers	82	40	38	4	—	84	-25	W3
Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	—	78	-46	L7

Eastern Conference — Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	—	113	+56	W1
Penguins	82	41	25	16	—	98	+25	L3
Flyers	82	43	27	12	—	98	+7	W3
Capitals	82	43	30	9	—	95	+19	W4
Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	—	92	0	L2
Islanders	82	43	34	5	—	91	-8	L3
Devils	82	42	37	3	—	87	-24	L1
Rangers	82	34	39	9	—	77	-12	W1

Islanders

12th in Eastern Conference

Sabres

8th in Eastern Conference

Goaltenders

#30

Ilya Sorokin G 31 6' 2" 195 lbs

#40

Semyon Varlamov G 38 6' 1" 203 lbs

Defensemen

#77

Tony DeAngelo D 31 6' 0" 190 lbs

Matthew Kessel D 26 6' 3" 215 lbs

#24

Scott Mayfield D 34 6' 4" 215 lbs

Adam Pelech D 32 6' 3" 211 lbs

Ryan Pulock D 32 6' 2" 221 lbs

#28

Alexander Romanov D 26 6' 1" 207 lbs

#48

Matthew Schaefer D 19 6' 3" 193 lbs

#64

Logan Stanley D 28 6' 7" 231 lbs

Left Wings

#11

Anthony Duclair LW 31 6' 0" 192 lbs

#51

Emil Heineman LW 24 6' 2" 205 lbs

#63

Matias Maccelli LW 26 6' 0" 184 lbs

#81

Ondrej Palat LW 35 6' 0" 194 lbs

Centers

#13

Mathew Barzal C 29 6' 1" 186 lbs

#53

Casey Cizikas C 35 5' 11" 190 lbs

#14

Bo Horvat C 31 6' 1" 220 lbs

#32

Kyle MacLean C 27 6' 2" 194 lbs

#44

Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 33 5' 11" 181 lbs

#21

Kyle Palmieri C 35 5' 11" 195 lbs

#64

Calum Ritchie C 21 6' 3" 196 lbs

#10

Brayden Schenn C 35 6' 1" 200 lbs

Right Wings

#26

Mitchell Chaffee RW 28 6' 0" 197 lbs

#38

Victor Eklund RW 20 5' 11" 161 lbs

#92

Simon Holmstrom RW 25 6' 1" 219 lbs

Goaltenders

#92

Colten Ellis G 26 6' 1" 191 lbs

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 27 6' 5" 223 lbs

#34

Alex Lyon G 33 6' 1" 199 lbs

Defensemen

#46

Louis Crevier D 25 6' 8" 228 lbs

#26

Rasmus Dahlin D 26 6' 3" 204 lbs

#48

Matt Grzelcyk D 32 5' 10" 180 lbs

#82

Caleb Jones D 29 6' 1" 194 lbs

#73

Zach Metsa D 28 5' 9" 198 lbs

#25

Owen Power D 23 6' 6" 226 lbs

#23

Mattias Samuelsson D 26 6' 4" 234 lbs

#21

Conor Timmins D 28 6' 3" 213 lbs

Olen Zellweger D 23 5' 10" 193 lbs

Left Wings

Zach Benson LW 21 5' 10" 177 lbs

#29

Beck Malenstyn LW 28 6' 3" 209 lbs

#17

Jason Zucker LW 34 5' 11" 198 lbs

Centers

#10

Sam Carrick C 34 6' 0" 202 lbs

#94

Konsta Helenius C 20 5' 11" 190 lbs

#48

Tyson Kozak C 23 5' 11" 185 lbs

#19

Peyton Krebs C 25 6' 0" 188 lbs

#20

Jiri Kulich C 22 6' 1" 195 lbs

#71

Ryan McLeod C 27 6' 3" 204 lbs

Josh Norris C 27 6' 2" 196 lbs

#86

Noah Ostlund C 22 5' 11" 180 lbs

#72

Tage Thompson C 29 6' 6" 220 lbs

Right Wings

#15

Justin Danforth RW 33 5' 8" 193 lbs

#91

Josh Doan RW 24 6' 2" 198 lbs

#22

Jack Quinn RW 25 6' 1" 185 lbs

Islanders

4th in Metropolitan Division

Sabres

6th in Atlantic Division

General

Games Played

5354:30

Time On Ice

5727:29

356:58

Time On Ice Per Game

357:58

Plus/Minus Rating

0:00

Production

0:00

5673

Shifts

6049

Losses

Wins

Offensive

Goals

Assists

433

Faceoffs Won

420

346

Faceoffs Lost

506

Game-Winning Goals

108

Points

137

Power Play Goals

Power Play Assists

Short Handed Goals

Short Handed Assists

384

Shots

455

Shootout Attempts

Shootout Goals

40.0

Shootout Shot Percentage

50.0

10.9

Shooting Percentage

10.8

55.6

Faceoff Win Percent

45.4

Defensive

2.87

Goals Against Average

3.25

363

Saves

383

.905

Save Percentage

.882

Goals Against

406

Shots Against

435

Overtime Losses

Shootout Saves

Shootout Shots Against

.800

Shootout Save Percentage

.000

Penalties

182

Penalty Minutes

152