Post-Game Talk: #52 |New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres | May 3rd | 7:00 | F/L 4-2

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Game Preview: Sabres AT Islanders
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Possible Starting Goalies:





Semyon Varlamov

Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	SV%	SO	MIN
Semyon Varlamov	33	32	19	9	0	4	929	65	1.99	864	.930	7	1,960
Ilya Sorokin	19	19	12	6	0	1	497	41	2.19	456	.918	3	1,126

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Dustin Tokarski

Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	SV%	SO	MIN
Linus Ullmark	20	20	9	6	0	3	591	49	2.63	542	.917	0	1,118
Carter Hutton	13	12	1	10	0	1	341	39	3.47	302	.886	0	675
Dustin Tokarski	13	10	2	8	0	2	447	43	3.54	404	.904	0	730
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	4	4	1	3	0	0	149	14	3.88	135	.906	0	21

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Player Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	51	15	26	41	17	46	1	7	0	0	1	0	128	11.7	43.33
Jordan Eberle	51	15	17	32	11	14	1	5	0	0	2	0	119	12.6	42.86
Josh Bailey	49	8	24	32	12	4	0	9	0	0	1	0	72	11.1	41.94
Brock Nelson	51	16	13	29	-4	12	6	8	0	0	3	0	108	14.8	49.14
Nick Leddy	51	2	27	29	5	6	1	9	0	0	1	1	67	3	0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	50	14	14	28	9	10	5	8	2	2	3	0	77	18.2	56.99
Anthony Beauvillier	42	13	10	23	11	12	3	4	0	0	5	2	96	13.5	28.57
Anders Lee	27	12	7	19	11	12	3	4	0	0	3	0	80	15	49.22
Oliver Wahlstrom	39	10	7	17	0	21	3	8	0	0	1	0	78	12.8	45.45
Ryan Pulock	51	1	14	15	9	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	107	0.9	0
Casey Cizikas	51	7	7	14	-2	25	0	0	0	0	3	0	65	10.8	52.89
Noah Dobson	41	3	11	14	4	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	60	5	0
Scott Mayfield	51	2	12	14	3	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	2.9	0
Matt Martin	51	6	5	11	-1	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	64	9.4	25
Adam Pelech	51	3	8	11	8	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	76	3.9	0
Cal Clutterbuck	46	3	6	9	-7	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	46	6.5	0
Leo Komarov	30	1	5	6	8	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	4	40
Andy Greene	51	1	4	5	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	2.2	0
Michael Dal Colle	25	1	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0
Kieffer Bellows	14	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	15.8	50
Kyle Palmieri	12	1	1	2	-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	66.67
Travis Zajac	9	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	57.14
Sebastian Aho	3	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	0
Thomas Hickey	5	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ross Johnston	9	0	0	0	-3	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	25
Austin Czarnik	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	58.33
Braydon Coburn	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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Sabres
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Sam Reinhart	50	23	14	37	-28	10	10	16	0	0	4	0	120	19.2	45.75
Victor Olofsson	52	13	17	30	-22	4	7	15	0	0	0	0	118	11	50
Rasmus Dahlin	52	5	18	23	-36	26	1	11	0	0	0	0	105	4.8	0
Casey Mittelstadt	37	10	11	21	-9	10	3	6	1	2	2	0	53	18.9	49.6
Jack Eichel	21	2	16	18	-9	6	1	9	0	0	1	0	61	3.3	49.74
Rasmus Ristolainen	45	4	10	14	-15	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	68	5.9	0
Dylan Cozens	37	4	9	13	-10	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	55	7.3	48.4
Kyle Okposo	35	2	11	13	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	45	4.4	54.17
Jeff Skinner	49	6	6	12	-9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	5.8	47.46
Riley Sheahan	49	4	8	12	-10	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	39	10.3	51.52
Tage Thompson	34	6	4	10	-5	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	83	7.2	25
Rasmus Asplund	24	6	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28	21.4	40
Colin Miller	45	4	6	10	-18	27	1	4	0	0	0	0	60	6.7	0
Henri Jokiharju	42	3	5	8	-10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	6.3	0
Jacob Bryson	34	1	7	8	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	4.3	0
Tobias Rieder	44	5	2	7	-9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	7.9	12.5
Arttu Ruotsalainen	13	5	1	6	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	25	33.33
Cody Eakin	44	2	4	6	-9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	5.7	54.38
Anders Bjork	11	1	3	4	-5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	8.3	0
Jake McCabe	13	1	2	3	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0
Steven Fogarty	9	1	2	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	58.33
Matt Irwin	24	0	2	2	-10	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson	8	0	2	2	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
William Borgen	9	0	0	0	-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
Drake Caggiula	7	0	0	0	-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	100
Brandon Davidson	6	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Jean-Sebastien Dea	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

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Standings:

MassMutual East	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1 x-Pittsburgh	52	34	15	3	71	.683	26	31	178	142	+36	20-4-2	14-11-1	3-1	7-2-1	W2
2 x-Washington	51	32	14	5	69	.676	26	29	175	152	+23	15-7-3	17-7-2	3-2	6-3-1	L1
3 x-NY Islanders	51	31	15	5	67	.657	23	27	143	114	+29	20-3-3	11-12-2	4-2	5-4-1	W2
4 Boston	50	30	14	6	66	.660	23	26	150	123	+27	16-6-3	14-8-3	4-2	8-2-0	W3
5 NY Rangers	52	26	20	6	58	.558	23	25	167	139	+28	14-9-3	12-11-3	1-2	6-4-0	L2
6 Philadelphia	51	22	22	7	51	.500	14	19	144	186	-42	10-11-4	12-11-3	3-4	3-6-1	L3
7 New Jersey	51	17	27	7	41	.402	14	17	136	178	-42	6-17-3	11-10-4	0-5	3-6-1	W3
8 Buffalo	52	13	32	7	33	.317	10	10	126	185	-59	6-16-4	7-16-3	3-3	3-7-0	L4

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Possible Lineups:

Islanders
LW	C	RW
LEO KOMAROV Goals: 1 Assists: 5	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 15 Assists: 26	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 15 Assists: 17
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 13 Assists: 10	BROCK NELSON Goals: 16 Assists: 13	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 8 Assists: 24
KYLE PALMIERI Goals: 1 Assists: 1	JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU Goals: 14 Assists: 14	OLIVER WAHLSTROM Goals: 10 Assists: 7
MATT MARTIN Goals: 6 Assists: 5	CASEY CIZIKAS Goals: 7 Assists: 7	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 3 Assists: 6

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ADAM PELECH Goals: 3 Assists: 8	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 1 Assists: 14
NICK LEDDY Goals: 2 Assists: 27	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 2 Assists: 12
NOAH DOBSON Goals: 3 Assists: 11	ANDY GREENE Goals: 1 Assists: 4

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Current Team Injuries:

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Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Lee	LW	Knee	Out for season (03/17/2021)	Lee has been shifted to the long-term injured reserve after surgery to repair a torn ACL, and he is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season.
Johnston	LW	Undisclosed	Out indefinitely (04/11/2021)	Johnston has been shuttled to the injured reserve list with an undetermined injury, and he will miss an extended period.

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Sabres
JEFF SKINNER Goals: 6 Assists: 6	SAM REINHART Goals: 23 Assists: 14	VICTOR OLOFSSON Goals: 13 Assists: 17
RASMUS ASPLUND Goals: 6 Assists: 4	CASEY MITTELSTADT Goals: 10 Assists: 11	ARTTU RUOTSALAINEN Goals: 5 Assists: 1
ANDERS BJORK Goals: 1 Assists: 3	DYLAN COZENS Goals: 4 Assists 9	DRAKE CAGGIULA Goals: 0 Assists 0
TOBIAS RIEDER Goals: 5 Assists: 2	RILEY SHEAHAN Goals: 4 Assists: 8	TAGE THOMPSON Goals: 6 Assists: 4

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MATTIAS SAMUELSSON Goals: 0 Assists: 2	RASMUS RISTOLAINEN Goals: 4 Assists: 10
RASMUS DAHLIN Goals: 5 Assists: 18	HENRI JOKIHARJU Goals: 3 Assists: 5
JACOB BRYSON Goals: 1 Assists: 7	WILLIAM BORGEN Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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Current Team Injuries.
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Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Eakin	C	Personal	Ques Mon (05/01/2021)	Eakin has missed the previous two games while tending to a personal matter, and it is unknown if he will face the Islanders on Monday.
Eichel	C	Neck	out for season (04/14/2021)	Eichel has been placed on the injured reserve list with a herniated disc in his neck, and he will miss the remainder of the season.
Girgensons	LW	Hamstring	out for season (01/06/2021)	Girgensons has been posted to the injured reserve list after undergoing surgery to repair a hamstring injury, and he is expected to miss the entire 2020-21 season.
Hutton	G	Lower Body	Mid May (05/01/2021)	Hutton is sidelined due to a lower-body injury, and he is expected to be out of lineup until the middle of May.
Luukkonen	G	Lower Body	Ques Mon (05/01/2021)	Luukkonen exited the last contest with a lower-body injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available for Monday's game versus the Islanders.
McCabe	D	Knee	out for season (02/23/2021)	McCabe has wound up on the injured reserve list with injuries to his ACL and MCL in his right knee. He will miss the remainder of the 2020-21 season.
Okposo	RW	Face	out for season (04/17/2021)	Okposo exited the last game with a broken bone in his cheek, and he will miss the remainder of the season.
Ullmark	G	Lower Body	Out indefinitely (04/28/2021)	Ullmark it out of the lineup due to a lower-body injury, and it is unknown when he will return to the ice.

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[ML19]

Let's get home ice advantage ffs. Win out.

 

[LeapOnOver]

Sabres been playing better of late (which isn't saying much), not a game to take lightly at all. Still the X was all that matters to me. Just don't get injured now.

 

[xECK29x]

Really wanna see Palmieri get his game going these last few games, all I ask for, along with no injuries.

 

[mm11]

do wonder if the Sabres have much fight left. Tough season. Let's get one early fellas

 

[Strummergas]

Let's Go!

 

[The Real JT]

Really wanna see Palmieri get his game going these last few games, all I ask for, along with no injuries.

While it's still far too early to grade the Palmieri trade, it's getting more difficult to be patient.

Tonight would be a good night to score. Let's say a pair for you tonight Kyle?

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

I've never heard of Dustin Tokarski before so I'm just going to assume he will shut us out.

Go Isles!

 

[PK Cronin]

Just win.

 

[PK Cronin]

While it's still far too early to grade the Palmieri trade, it's getting more difficult to be patient.

Tonight would be a good night to score. Let's say a pair for you tonight Kyle?

I'm more patient now that we clinched a spot. There's less urgency and more options to tinker with if Trotz wants to.

 

[Riseonfire]

I've never heard of Dustin Tokarski before so I'm just going to assume he will shut us out.

Go Isles!

He was big with the Habs for a moment and everyone called him the next big thing. Think Kreider ran Price in the playoffs (shocker, right?) if I'm not mistaken and then Tokarski had to take over.

 

[NittanyIsle]

We still gonna miss the playoffs? Just trying to keep track

 

[IslesRock4]

Boy, Buffalo has been hit with quite the injury bug this year. Top 3 goalies out at the same time. Glad we are not going to battle with Skarek in net.

 

[IslesRock4]

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

They better not put him in the net.

He'll shut us out.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Boy, Buffalo has been hit with quite the injury bug this year. Top 3 goalies out at the same time. Glad we are not going to battle with Skarek in net.

Well, he'd be better than the guys they're currently going with.

 

[Big L]

 

[Zeeker]

To me it’s really looking like we need to win out in order to get the 1 or 2 seed, and even then probably not likely. If we win out, we need one of the Caps or Pens to lose two of their remaining games to pass them, because of the tiebreaker going in their favor. That seems unlikely given their easy schedules to end the year but here’s hoping.

 

[IslesRock4]

28 years old and has played 2 (two) (T-W-O) AHL games since 2016. No games played at any level since pre-lockdown.

Absolutely cannot lose today.

 

[JKP]

28 years old and has played 2 (two) (T-W-O) AHL games since 2016. No games played at any level since pre-lockdown.

Absolutely cannot lose today.

Put everything on net. No fancy passes, just shoot.

 

[2ndGenIslander]

Losing any of the remaining games probably means no home ice. It starts tonight

 

[MJF]

So everyone’s seen the good news by now

 

[MJF]

Put everything on net. No fancy passes, just shoot.

Totally expecting the Sabres to keep 3 men back in the d zone. Lots of blocked shots, lots of bruised Sabres.

 

[mm11]

Shoot all night. Play sorokin give varly a breather.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

To me, this is a game to get Palmieri going. He's going to be a key for the Isles if they expect to make a big playoff run. I hesitate saying this, since there are no gimmes in the NHL, but on the surface, this should be a game if you are in a scoring slump, to break out. Would be timely, and much needed with players fine tuning their games for the playoffs.