NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Wednesday, Jan. 19 Loss BOS 4 at NYI 1 Parise Varlamov (20/24)
Zach Parise opened the score with his 13th goal of the season and Sebastian Aho and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each tallied assists, but the New York Islanders fell to the Boston Bruins, 4-1, Wednesday night at UBS Arena. Islanders netminder Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves on 24 shots faced in his first start since January 6.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 18 Dennis Cholowski and William Dufour have been recalled from loan (Bridgeport).
Jan. 11 Aatu Raty and Robin Salo have been loaned to Bridgeport (AHL).
Jan. 10 Simon Holmstrom has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Jan. 6 Mat Barzal is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
Jan. 5 Cal Clutterbuck has been activated off the team’s IR list.

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 –

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 – Jan. 3

18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13

21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 –

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

Man Games Lost: 88

RECENT RESULTS
Wednesday, Jan. 18 vs. Boston L (4-1)
Monday, Jan. 16 vs. Washington L/OT (4-3)
Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. Montreal W (2-1)
Thursday, Jan. 12 vs. Minnesota L (3-1)
Tuesday, Jan. 10 vs. Dallas L/SO (2-1)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Jan. 19, 2023 KeyBank Center 7:30pm
Mar. 7, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Mar. 25, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 5:00pm

UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 21 vs. Carolina UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 23 at Toronto Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON) 7:00pm
Jan. 25 at Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre (Ottawa, ON) 7:00pm
Jan. 27 vs. Detroit UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:00pm
Jan. 28 vs. Vegas UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. BUFFALO:
Apr. 23, 2022 KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY) Loss (5-3)
Feb. 15, 2022 KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY) Loss (6-3)
Dec. 30, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (4-1)
May 4, 2021 KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY) SO Loss (4-3)
May 3, 2021 KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY) Loss (4-2)

vs. THE SABRES:
2021-22 1-2-0
Last five games: 1-3-1
Franchise History 80-76-18-10
NYI Home 46-32-9-4
NYI Away 34-44-9-6

BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:

LAST GAME
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Buffalo 3 at Chicago 4
Goals: Olofsson, Thompson, Krebs
Goalie: Anderson (22 saves/26 shots)
PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1; Shots: Buffalo 33 – Chicago 26

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 99)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
N/A

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
1/13: Recalled F Jack Quinn from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Peyton Krebs to Rochester
1/15: Recalled F Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL); Loaned G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester
1/16: Recalled G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Peyton Krebs to Rochester
1/17: Recalled F Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL); Loaned G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester
1/18: Placed F Vinnie Hinostroza on waivers

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Jan. 21: Anaheim at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 23: Buffalo at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: Buffalo at St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 26: Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 28: Buffalo at Minnesota, 9:00 p.m.

TODAY’S GAME
ISLANDERS AT SABRES
• This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Islanders this season.

• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated New York 5-3 in Buffalo on April 23, 2022.

• Next meeting: Tuesday, March 7 in New York

• The Sabres are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games against the Islanders; 6-4-0 at home.

• This is the 185th game all-time between Buffalo and New York; Buffalo has an 86-73-25 series record.

• The Sabres are 50-31-12 at home against the Islanders all-time.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Buffalo has won its last two games against New York and has scored at least five goals in each game.

• A win in tonight’s game would give the Sabres three consecutive wins over the Islanders for the first time since they won three games in a row from Feb. 4, 2012 to Feb. 9, 2013.

• Casey Mittelstadt has recorded seven points (0+7) in his last eight games.

• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 31 points (6+25) in his last 28 games.

• Alex Tuch has notched 36 points (14+22) in his last 28 games, including 19 points (8+11) in his last 15 games.

• A point in tonight’s game would give Tuch a three-game point streak.

• Tage Thompson has recorded eight points (5+3) in his last eight games.

• Dylan Cozens has tallied 32 points (10+21) in his last 30 games.

• In his last 22 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 29 points (13+16).

• Victor Olofsson has four points (3+1) in his last four games.

• On Jan. 17 at Chicago, Olofsson scored his 14th even-strength goal, surpassing his previous single-season career high for even-strength goals (13), which he set in 72 games in 2021-22.

SABRES’ RECORD IN 10 GAME SEGMENTS [W-L-OTL (PTS), GF/GA, PP, PK]
1-10: 7-3-0 (14), 43/28, 9/38, 25/32
11-20: 2-8-0 (4), 32/42, 12/42, 23/34
21-30: 5-3-2 (12), 43/35, 13/34, 26/35
31-40: 6-4-0 (12), 35/34, 7/33, 22/29
41-50: 1-1-1 (3), 9/11, 1/9, 6/7

OVERTIME RESULTS (4-3; 134-149 all-time)
Oct. 29 vs. CHI: W, 4-3 (GWG-Olofsson)
Nov. 28 vs. TBL: L, 6-5 (GWG-Stamkos)
Dec. 9 vs. PIT: L, 4-3 (GWG-Carter)
Dec. 31 at BOS: W, 4-3 (GWG-Tuch)
Jan. 3 at WSH: W, 5-4 (GWG-Thompson)
Jan. 7 vs. MIN: W, 6-5 (GWG-Olofsson)
Jan. 18 at CHI: L, 4-3 (GWG-Jones)

SHOOTOUT RESULTS (1-0; 85-77 all-time)
Nov. 30 at DET: W, 5-4 (GWG-Quinn)