Islanders vs. Sabres Prediction, Odds & Stats - March 31, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
New York Islanders 43-34-0-5	0	1	2	+6
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	1	0	3	+140

Date	Result	Competition
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/01/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/28/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/14/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 2 - 1	Metropolitan
04/12/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/11/26	Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 3 - 0	Atlantic
04/09/26	Toronto Maple Leafs TOR ( 32-36-10-4 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 3 - 5	Atlantic
04/04/26	NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 3 - 4	Metropolitan
04/03/26	Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 4 - 1	Metropolitan

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 30 Mar 8:28pm	NYI		O +6 -120
Closing 1 Apr 1:16am	NYI		U +5.5 -250

Tage Thompson Center NY Islanders	81	Points	72	Mathew Barzal Center Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense NY Islanders	41	+ / -	13	Matthew Schaefer Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center NY Islanders	272	Shots	226	Bo Horvat Center Buffalo
Scott Mayfield Defense Buffalo	83	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center NY Islanders
Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Buffalo	29	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Islanders
Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Islanders

Tage Thompson Center NY Islanders	11	Points
Peyton Krebs Center NY Islanders	5	+ / -
Rasmus Dahlin Defense NY Islanders	35	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing NY Islanders	42	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Islanders	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Islanders	2.2	GAA

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
NY Islanders Islanders NY Islanders Islanders	42	28	3-7-0	3L	36-29	-100	21-13-0-2	21-15-0-3	30-32-3
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	45	21	6-3-0-1	1L	38-27	965	23-10-4	22-11-4	29-28-8

date	home-away	ats	o/u	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists	NYI:Shots	NYI:Goals	NYI:Assists
03/31/2026	BUF 4 - NYI 3	BUF	Over 6	33	4	6	28	3	6
01/24/2026	NYI 0 - BUF 5	BUF	Under 6	21	5	8	26	0	0
12/20/2025	BUF 2 - NYI 2	NYI	Under 6	32	2	2	34	2	4
12/23/2024	NYI 1 - BUF 7	BUF	Over 6	25	7	11	28	1	2
11/30/2024	NYI 3 - BUF 0	NYI	Under 5.5	29	0	0	20	3	3
11/01/2024	BUF 3 - NYI 4	NYI	Over 5.5	36	4	5	35	3	6
03/14/2024	BUF 4 - NYI 0	BUF	Under 5.5	21	0	0	37	4	8
10/21/2023	BUF 3 - NYI 1	BUF	Under 6.5	25	1	2	42	3	5
10/14/2023	NYI 3 - BUF 2	NYI	Under 6.5	28	2	4	29	3	5
03/25/2023	NYI 0 - BUF 2	BUF	Under 6.5	35	2	3	26	0	0
03/07/2023	NYI 3 - BUF 2	NYI	Under 6.5	24	2	1	39	3	6
01/19/2023	BUF 3 - NYI 2	BUF	Under 6	26	2	3	45	3	6
04/23/2022	BUF 5 - NYI 3	BUF	Over 6	22	3	6	35	5	10
02/15/2022	BUF 6 - NYI 3	BUF	Over 5.5	33	3	6	41	6	9
12/30/2021	NYI 4 - BUF 1	NYI	Under 5.5	37	1	2	32	4	7
05/04/2021	BUF 3 - NYI 3	BUF	Over 5.5	48	3	4	31	3	5
05/03/2021	BUF 4 - NYI 2	BUF	Over 5.5	36	2	4	40	4	5
03/07/2021	NYI 5 - BUF 2	NYI	Over 5.5	26	2	4	30	5	8
03/06/2021	NYI 5 - BUF 2	NYI	Over 5.5	22	2	4	29	5	10
03/04/2021	NYI 5 - BUF 2	NYI	Over 5.5	18	2	3	45	5	8

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/14/2026	NYI 1 - CAR 2	L	Under 6.5	21	2	4
04/12/2026	NYI 1 - MON 4	L	Under 6.5	22	4	8
04/11/2026	NYI 0 - OTT 3	L	Under 6	16	3	5
04/09/2026	NYI 5 - TOR 3	W	Over 6.5	16	3	4
04/04/2026	CAR 4 - NYI 3	L	Over 6.5	16	3	6
04/03/2026	NYI 1 - PHI 4	L	Under 5.5	21	4	5
03/31/2026	BUF 4 - NYI 3	L	Over 6	28	3	6
03/30/2026	NYI 3 - PIT 8	L	Over 6.5	32	8	16
03/28/2026	NYI 5 - FLA 2	W	Over 5.5	21	2	1
03/26/2026	NYI 2 - DAL 1	W	Under 5.5	27	1	2

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	30	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	16	4	5
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	1	2
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	24	1	2
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	W	Under 6	25	1	1
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	L	Under 6	36	2	4
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	W	Over 6	38	4	5

NY Islanders Islanders NYI Buffalo Sabres BUF

rank	edge in	rank	avg
1	Goals Per Game	4	3.0
1	Goals Against Per Game	5	2.7
1	Shots Per Game	6	28.5
1	Shots Against Per Game	7	27.3
1	Shooting %	8	10.5
1	Opponent Shooting %	6	9.9
1	Shot Differential Per Game	5	1.2
1	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	8	10.5
1	Save %	4	.900
1	Opponent Save %	3	.890
1	Penalty Minutes Per Game	4	16.7
1	Power Play Goals Per Game	10	0.6
1	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	6	0.6
1	Power Play %	11	15.0
1	Penalty Kill %	9	83.3
1	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	6	1.84

offence

NY Islanders Islanders NYI

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.79	26
Shots	28.17	12
Power Play (%)	17	28
Faceoff (%)	53	6
Penalty Mins	643	25

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

defence

NY Islanders Islanders NYI

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.79	26
Shots	28.17	12
Power Play (%)	17	28
Faceoff (%)	53	6
Penalty Mins	643	25

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

NY Islanders Islanders NYI

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Ryan Pulock (D)	Out Tues	Undisclosed - 14 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Max Shabanov (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Simon Holmstrom (RW)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 04 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Simon Holmstrom (RW)	Ques Fri	Upper Body - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tony DeAngelo (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 25 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ryan Pulock (D)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 23 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Anthony Duclair (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 23 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Max Shabanov (RW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ryan Pulock (D)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 04 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonathan Drouin (LW)	Ques Mon	Illness - 01 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

NY Islanders Islanders NYI

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

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NY Islanders Islanders NYI

Islanders are 5-2 in their last 7 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.

Over is 8-2 in Islanders last 10 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 4-0 in Islanders last 4 Tuesday games.

Over is 4-0 in Islanders last 4 games as a favorite.

Under is 4-1-1 in Islanders last 6 following a home loss of 3 or more goals.

Buffalo Sabres BUF

Over is 4-1 in Sabres last 5 Tuesday games.

Under is 6-2 in Sabres last 8 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 6-2 in Sabres last 8 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Under is 9-2-1 in Sabres last 12 games as a home underdog.

New York Islanders

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

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POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

10.7

12.1

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 )	L L L W L
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	L L W W L

05/14/26

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Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )

Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )

vs
Matchup

Tage Thompson Center NY Islanders	81	Points	72	Mathew Barzal Center Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense NY Islanders	41	+ / -	13	Matthew Schaefer Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center NY Islanders	272	Shots	226	Bo Horvat Center Buffalo
Scott Mayfield Defense Buffalo	83	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center NY Islanders
Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Buffalo	29	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Islanders
Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Islanders

Tage Thompson Center NY Islanders	11	Points
Peyton Krebs Center NY Islanders	5	+ / -
Rasmus Dahlin Defense NY Islanders	35	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing NY Islanders	42	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Islanders	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Islanders	2.2	GAA