Bo Horvat scores as Islanders top Sabres 4-3

By MARK LUDWICZAK

Bo Horvat and Maxim Tsyplakov each had a extremity and an assist, helping the New York Islanders bushed the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 connected Friday night.

The Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak. Kyle Palmieri and Jean-Gabriel Pageau besides scored, and Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves.

Dylan Cozens, Jason Zucker and Owen Power scored for the Sabres. Devon Levi stopped 32 shots.

Cozens got his archetypal extremity of the play 9:03 into the game, but Horvat answered with a breakaway extremity 40 seconds later.

Tsyplakov enactment the Islanders successful beforehand connected a terrific determination 5:25 into the second, and Palmieri made it 3-1 with a power-play extremity astatine 12:20.

Zucker rallied the Sabres with his 3rd extremity 5:27 into the 3rd aft missing a punishment shot.

Pageau made it 4-2 8:08 into the third, and Power scored with 1:01 remaining arsenic Buffalo attempted a precocious comeback.

TAKEAWAYS

Islanders: After scoring lone 1 extremity successful the erstwhile 8 periods, the struggling Islanders discourtesy yet broke through.

Sabres: The team’s inconsistent commencement continued. The Sabres person mislaid 2 successful a enactment pursuing a three-game triumph streak.

KEY MOMENT

There was a scary series midway done the crippled erstwhile Islanders defenseman Mike Reilly was injured pursuing a large deed by Jordan Greenway. Reilly appeared to deed his caput connected the crystal and was down for respective minutes earlier being helped to the locker room.

KEY STAT

Anders Lee had 2 assists for the Islanders. He had 3 goals and nary assists successful his archetypal 10 games of the season.

UP NEXT

The Islanders sojourn the New York Rangers connected Sunday. The Sabres sojourn Detroit connected Saturday night.