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Buffalo Sabres
BUF
50-23-9
@
2027-01-20
2027- ET
New York Islanders
NYI
43-34-5

Showing 2025-26 — the upcoming season has no games played yet. These are last season's numbers, with last season's rosters.

2025-26 · regular season

3.51
Goals / gm
2.84
2.94
Goals ag / gm
2.94
2.89
xG for / gm
2.90
2.92
xG ag / gm
3.08
49.7%
xG share
48.5%
50.5%
xG share
5v5
48.4%
49.3%
Shot share
fenwick
49.9%
+15.8
Finishing
goals − xG
-26.7
+26.7
Goaltending
xGA − GA
+30.4

Finishing and goaltending are measured against regulation goals only — expected goals has no model for 3-on-3 or the shootout, so counting those would credit a team for scoring in a format the model never saw.

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Goalies

by games played

BUF
A. Lyon36gp · 0.907 · 2.77
U. Luukkonen35gp · 0.910 · 2.52
NYI
I. Sorokin55gp · 0.906 · 2.68
D. Rittich30gp · 0.894 · 2.76

Head to head

2025-26 meetings

DateMatchupScorexG
2025-12-20NYI @ BUF3-2 OT3.26-2.50
2026-01-24BUF @ NYI5-02.05-2.82
2026-03-31NYI @ BUF4-33.75-2.17

BUF leaders

points

CT. Thompson40G 41A81
DR. Dahlin19G 55A74
RA. Tuch33G 33A66
CR. McLeod14G 40A54
RJ. Doan25G 27A52

NYI leaders

points

CM. Barzal19G 53A72
DM. Schaefer23G 36A59
CB. Horvat31G 26A57
LA. Lee19G 23A42
RS. Holmstrom19G 22A41
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