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| 3rd Period Summary |
| TIME |
TEAM |
DETAIL |
| 0:00 |
Buffalo |
Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 |
Buffalo |
Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in neutral zone |
| 1:30 |
Buffalo |
Giveaway by Clarke MacArthur in offensive zone |
| 1:34 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Josh Bailey saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 31 ft) |
| 2:04 |
Buffalo |
Takeaway by Andrej Sekera in defensive zone |
| 2:20 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 2:20 |
Buffalo |
Jochen Hecht won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in defensive zone |
| 3:03 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Jon Sim saved by Ryan Miller (Slapshot 18 ft) |
| 3:04 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 3:04 |
Buffalo |
Derek Roy won faceoff against Richard Park in defensive zone |
| 3:10 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 3:10 |
NY Islanders |
Josh Bailey won faceoff against Paul Gaustad in neutral zone |
| 3:22 |
NY Islanders |
Jeff Tambellini shot blocked by Patrick Kaleta |
| 3:29 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Brendan Witt saved by Ryan Miller (Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 3:40 |
Buffalo |
Patrick Kaleta shot blocked by Brendan Witt |
| 3:53 |
Buffalo |
Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Jeff Tambellini in offensive zone |
| 4:17 |
NY Islanders |
Mark Streit shot blocked by Jason Pominville |
| 4:59 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Kyle Okposo saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 16 ft) |
| 5:00 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 5:00 |
NY Islanders |
Frans Nielsen won faceoff against Jochen Hecht in offensive zone |
| 5:05 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Jon Sim saved by Ryan Miller (Tip-In 12 ft) |
| 5:07 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 5:07 |
Buffalo |
Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in defensive zone |
| 5:19 |
NY Islanders |
Giveaway by Andy Sutton in defensive zone |
| 5:36 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 5:36 |
Buffalo |
Derek Roy won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in offensive zone |
| 5:43 |
Buffalo |
Shot missed by Thomas Vanek, Wide of Net (Tip-In 19 ft) |
| 5:46 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 5:46 |
Buffalo |
Clarke MacArthur won faceoff against Josh Bailey in neutral zone |
| 6:04 |
Buffalo |
Giveaway by Jason Pominville in offensive zone |
| 6:19 |
NY Islanders |
Mark Streit shot blocked by Jason Pominville |
| 6:24 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Bruno Gervais saved by Ryan Miller (Slapshot 41 ft) |
| 6:26 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - ; TV timeout |
| 6:26 |
Buffalo |
Matt Ellis won faceoff against Richard Park in defensive zone |
| 6:52 |
NY Islanders |
Shot missed by John Tavares, Wide of Net (Wristshot 46 ft) |
| 7:07 |
Buffalo |
Patrick Kaleta credited with hit on Mark Streit in offensive zone |
| 7:20 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Jochen Hecht saved by Martin Biron (Tip-In 15 ft) |
| 7:29 |
Buffalo |
Shot missed by Jochen Hecht, Wide of Net (Tip-In 14 ft) |
| 7:40 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Jochen Hecht saved by Martin Biron (Tip-In 19 ft) |
| 8:07 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Thomas Vanek saved by Martin Biron (Tip-In 16 ft) |
| 8:08 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 8:08 |
Buffalo |
Derek Roy won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in offensive zone |
| 8:30 |
Buffalo |
Giveaway by Thomas Vanek in offensive zone |
| 8:35 |
Buffalo |
Drew Stafford credited with hit on Frans Nielsen in offensive zone |
| 8:44 |
Buffalo |
Penalty to Drew Stafford 2 minutes for Interference Jon Sim |
| 8:44 |
NY Islanders |
Power play - John Tavares won faceoff against Paul Gaustad in offensive zone |
| 9:07 |
NY Islanders |
Power play - Shot on goal by Kyle Okposo saved by Ryan Miller (Snapshot 37 ft) |
| 9:38 |
NY Islanders |
Power play - Giveaway by Doug Weight in neutral zone |
| 10:00 |
NY Islanders |
Power play - Shot missed by Doug Weight, Wide of Net (Slapshot 59 ft) |
| 10:32 |
NY Islanders |
Power play - Giveaway by Jack Hillen in offensive zone |
| 10:41 |
Buffalo |
Shorthanded - Takeaway by Jason Pominville in offensive zone |
| 10:51 |
NY Islanders |
Tim Jackman credited with hit on Henrik Tallinder in offensive zone |
| 11:12 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Puck in Crowd; TV timeout |
| 11:12 |
Buffalo |
Tim Kennedy won faceoff against Nate Thompson in offensive zone |
| 11:35 |
NY Islanders |
Giveaway by Tim Jackman in defensive zone |
| 11:37 |
Buffalo |
Shot missed by Andrej Sekera, Wide of Net (Snapshot 61 ft) |
| 11:46 |
NY Islanders |
Tim Jackman credited with hit on Andrej Sekera in defensive zone |
| 11:56 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Steve Montador saved by Martin Biron (Slapshot 64 ft) |
| 12:12 |
NY Islanders |
Brendan Witt credited with hit on Jason Pominville in neutral zone |
| 12:29 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Craig Rivet saved by Martin Biron (Slapshot 38 ft) |
| 12:40 |
NY Islanders |
Giveaway by Radek Martinek in defensive zone |
| 13:04 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Doug Weight saved by Ryan Miller (Snapshot 50 ft) |
| 13:44 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Matt Ellis saved by Martin Biron (Snapshot 22 ft) |
| 13:50 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Matt Ellis saved by Martin Biron (Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 14:02 |
Buffalo |
Giveaway by Henrik Tallinder in offensive zone |
| 14:05 |
NY Islanders |
Jon Sim shot blocked by Tyler Myers |
| 14:06 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout |
| 14:06 |
Buffalo |
Derek Roy won faceoff against John Tavares in defensive zone |
| 14:46 |
NY Islanders |
Giveaway by Kyle Okposo in offensive zone |
| 15:00 |
NY Islanders |
Shot on goal by Doug Weight saved by Ryan Miller (Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 15:34 |
NY Islanders |
Giveaway by Doug Weight in defensive zone |
| 15:52 |
Buffalo |
Craig Rivet shot blocked by Josh Bailey |
| 16:07 |
Buffalo |
Chris Butler shot blocked by Mark Streit |
| 16:08 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 16:08 |
Buffalo |
Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Nate Thompson in offensive zone |
| 16:10 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Henrik Tallinder saved by Martin Biron (Slapshot 60 ft) |
| 16:11 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 16:11 |
Buffalo |
Paul Gaustad won faceoff against Richard Park in offensive zone |
| 16:17 |
Buffalo |
Shot on goal by Paul Gaustad saved by Martin Biron (Wristshot 10 ft) |
| 16:19 |
Buffalo |
Goal scored by Paul Gaustad (Wristshot 9 ft) assisted by Tyler Myers and Henrik Tallinder |
| 16:19 |
Buffalo |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; Video Review |
| 16:19 |
Buffalo |
Derek Roy won faceoff against Frans Nielsen in neutral zone |
| 17:28 |
NY Islanders |
Shot missed by Mark Streit, Wide of Net (Wristshot 51 ft) |
| 17:33 |
NY Islanders |
Shot missed by Bruno Gervais, Over Net (Wristshot 44 ft) |
| 19:06 |
Buffalo |
Giveaway by Ryan Miller in defensive zone |
| 19:52 |
NY Islanders |
Penalty to Tim Jackman 2 minutes for Roughing Patrick Kaleta |
| 19:52 |
NY Islanders |
Penalty to Tim Jackman 2 minutes for Roughing Patrick Kaleta |
| 19:52 |
Buffalo |
Power play - Derek Roy won faceoff against Josh Bailey in neutral zone |
| 20:00 |
Buffalo |
End of 3rd period |