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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
NY Islanders 2, Buffalo 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 31, 2015
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Ryan Galloway
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 0112
Buffalo 0011
Periods:
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  • 3
1
NY Islanders   Buffalo
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 0:00  
Cizikas, Casey wins the face-off against Legwand, David. 2:25  
  2:47 Deslauriers, Nicolas shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 2:56  
  3:02 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Tavares, John.
  3:29 Gorges, Josh shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  3:57 Larsson, Johan wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against Larsson, Johan. 4:05  
de Haan, Calvin shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 4:38  
Martin, Matt penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 6:20  
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 6:20  
  6:54 Ristolainen, Rasmus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  7:33 Ristolainen, Rasmus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  7:48 Ristolainen, Rasmus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  7:49 Gionta, Brian wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
  7:55 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  8:08 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  8:11 Girgensons, Zemgus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  8:12 Kane, Evander wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  8:17 Gionta, Brian shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  9:37 Foligno, Marcus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  9:39 Larsson, Johan shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Lee, Anders penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins. 9:40  
  9:40 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  9:50 Eichel, Jack shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Nielsen, Frans penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins. 10:46  
  10:46 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  10:49 Eichel, Jack shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  11:15 Ristolainen, Rasmus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  11:32 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  13:41 McCabe, Jake shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Strome, Ryan shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 14:41  
  14:42 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Tavares, John.
Tavares, John shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 14:56  
Lee, Anders shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 15:00  
  16:39 Eichel, Jack wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  17:10 Legwand, David shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Tavares, John shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 18:37  
  19:15 Larsson, Johan wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
2
NY Islanders   Buffalo
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 0:00  
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 0:08  
  1:15 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Grabovski, Mikhail wins the face-off against Girgensons, Zemgus. 2:06  
Boychuk, Johnny shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 4:41  
Kulemin, Nikolay shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 4:48  
  5:35 Franson, Cody shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against Girgensons, Zemgus. 6:19  
  6:30 Gionta, Brian shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  6:45 Girgensons, Zemgus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Kulemin, Nikolay shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 6:54  
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 6:55  
Tavares, John shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 7:21  
Bailey, Josh shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 7:28  
Nelson, Brock wins the face-off against Larsson, Johan. 7:29  
Grabovski, Mikhail wins the face-off against Larsson, Johan. 7:38  
  8:01 Legwand, David wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  8:15 Deslauriers, Nicolas shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Okposo, Kyle wins the face-off against Girgensons, Zemgus. 8:17  
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against Eichel, Jack. 8:25  
  8:37 Gorges, Josh penalty for Holding - 2 mins.
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 8:37  
Lee, Anders shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 8:54  
Tavares, John shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 9:27  
Nielsen, Frans scores a power play goal. Assisted by Tavares, John. Assisted by Leddy, Nick. 9:35
(1-0) 		 
  9:35 Legwand, David wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  10:19 Foligno, Marcus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Grabovski, Mikhail wins the face-off against Kane, Evander. 10:20  
Strome, Ryan shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 10:44  
  10:45 Eichel, Jack wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
  11:31 Eichel, Jack shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  11:32 Legwand, David wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
Boychuk, Johnny shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 12:02  
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 12:04  
  12:16 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Tavares, John.
  12:52 O'Reilly, Ryan shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Grabovski, Mikhail wins the face-off against Reinhart, Sam. 12:57  
Nielsen, Frans shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 14:32  
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 14:33  
Boychuk, Johnny shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 14:37  
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 14:38  
Clutterbuck, Cal shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 15:38  
Cizikas, Casey wins the face-off against Legwand, David. 15:39  
Zidlicky, Marek shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 15:44  
  15:45 Larsson, Johan wins the face-off against Grabovski, Mikhail.
  16:27 Girgensons, Zemgus wins the face-off against Grabovski, Mikhail.
  16:35 Eichel, Jack shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against Eichel, Jack. 16:37  
  17:20 Eichel, Jack shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Boychuk, Johnny shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 17:45  
Cizikas, Casey wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 18:24  
Boychuk, Johnny shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 18:29  
  18:30 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against Eichel, Jack. 19:00  
Nielsen, Frans shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 19:03  
  19:04 Eichel, Jack wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
Nielsen, Frans shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 19:48  
3
NY Islanders   Buffalo
  0:00 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Tavares, John.
  0:13 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Tavares, John.
  0:48 McCabe, Jake shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  0:49 Kane, Evander wins the face-off against Okposo, Kyle.
Okposo, Kyle shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 1:05  
Kulemin, Nikolay scores. Assisted by Okposo, Kyle. Assisted by Boychuk, Johnny. 1:07
(2-0) 		 
  1:07 Eichel, Jack wins the face-off against Grabovski, Mikhail.
Nelson, Brock shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 1:38  
Lee, Anders shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 3:06  
Nielsen, Frans wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 3:07  
  3:34 Eichel, Jack wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  4:06 Girgensons, Zemgus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Nelson, Brock shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 4:17  
Grabovski, Mikhail shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 4:31  
  4:32 Gionta, Brian penalty for Hooking - 2 mins.
Tavares, John wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 4:32  
Leddy, Nick shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 5:32  
  5:34 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Strome, Ryan.
  5:55 Legwand, David shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  7:53 McGinn, Jamie shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  7:54 Eichel, Jack wins the face-off against Okposo, Kyle.
Lee, Anders penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 9:45  
  9:45 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  10:22 McGinn, Jamie shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  10:30 McGinn, Jamie shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  10:35 McGinn, Jamie shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  11:18
(2-1) 		O'Reilly, Ryan scores a power play goal. Assisted by Eichel, Jack. Assisted by Ristolainen, Rasmus.
  11:18 Larsson, Johan wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
Hamonic, Travis shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 12:05  
Tavares, John shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 12:23  
  12:37 Girgensons, Zemgus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  13:00 Girgensons, Zemgus wins the face-off against Nielsen, Frans.
Cizikas, Casey wins the face-off against O'Reilly, Ryan. 14:09  
  14:29 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Cizikas, Casey.
  14:35 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  14:39 Ristolainen, Rasmus shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
Okposo, Kyle wins the face-off against Eichel, Jack. 15:33  
Nielsen, Frans shoots. Saved by Ullmark, Linus. 16:11  
  17:06 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  17:16 Kane, Evander shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  18:29 Eichel, Jack shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  18:40 O'Reilly, Ryan wins the face-off against Tavares, John.
  19:05 Reinhart, Sam shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.
  19:41 Franson, Cody shoots. Saved by Greiss, Thomas.