NY Islanders at Buffalo — NHL December 20, 2025

NYI

NY Islanders

BUF

Buffalo

2 – 3

Final SO

KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
NYI	0	1	1	0	(0)	2
BUF	1	1	0	0	(1)	3

NYI 34 shots on goal 32 BUF

Recap

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Three stars

1st star

A. Lyon

32 saves

2nd star

R. Dahlin

1 goal

+1 rating

3rd star

J. Norris

Scoring

	1st Per	NYI	BUF
1:47	Rasmus Dahlin 4 (power-play) (Assists: Alex Lyon 1)	0	1

	2nd Per	NYI	BUF
8:55	Tage Thompson 18 (Assists: Josh Doan 14, Peyton Krebs 10)	0	2
19:37	Mathew Barzal 10 (Assists: Anders Lee 14, Simon Holmstrom 8)	1	2

	3rd Per	NYI	BUF
19:31	Emil Heineman 12 (power-play) (Assists: Mathew Barzal 19, Matthew Schaefer 15)	2	2

Shootout

Tage Thompson shootout saved (David Rittich goalie) ✗
Mathew Barzal shootout goal (Alex Lyon goalie) ✓
Jack Quinn shootout goal (David Rittich goalie) ✓
Simon Holmstrom shootout miss (Alex Lyon goalie) ✗
Alex Tuch shootout miss (David Rittich goalie) ✗
Emil Heineman shootout miss (Alex Lyon goalie) ✗
Noah Ostlund shootout miss (David Rittich goalie) ✗
Jonathan Drouin shootout saved (Alex Lyon goalie) ✗
Josh Norris shootout goal (David Rittich goalie) ✓
Calum Ritchie shootout saved (Alex Lyon goalie) ✗

Penalties

1st Per

1:27 Mathew Barzal (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Jack Quinn
2:43 Beck Malenstyn (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Mathew Barzal
5:01 Adam Pelech (Delay of Game (Puck Over the Glass) - 2 min)

3rd Per

4:24 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Bowen Byram
9:41 Marshall Warren (Delay of Game (Puck Over the Glass) - 2 min)
18:33 Michael Kesselring (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Anders Lee

4:43 Alex Tuch (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Matthew Schaefer

Highlights

Islanders vs. Sabres | NHL Highlights | December 20, 2025

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