At the Horn | Sabres 3 - Islanders 2 (SO)

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday at KeyBank Center.

Josh Norris scored the shootout winner after some late-game drama; New York tied it on a power play with 29 seconds remaining in regulation, then neither team capitalized on their chances in an action-packed overtime period.

Buffalo is now two games above .500 (16-14-4) for the first time this season.

Rasmus Dahlin scored his fourth goal of the season and Tage Thompson his 18th.

Thompson extended his goal-scoring streak to six games. There have been only four goal-scoring streaks of six or more games leaguewide this season, and two belong to him.

Alex Lyon made his fourth straight start in net and stopped 32 of 34 shots, including five in overtime. He stopped four of five shootout attempts.

Defenseman Conor Timmins missed his first game with a broken leg – he’s expected to be out 6-8 weeks – so Zach Metsa entered the lineup for the first time since Oct. 25. Metsa skated 14:05 with one shot on goal.

Statistics

Scoring summary

NYI 0, BUF 1 | Period 1, 1:47 (PP) – Rasmus Dahlin (4) from Alex Lyon (1)

NYI 0, BUF 2 | Period 2, 8:55 – Tage Thompson (18) from Josh Doan (14) and Peyton Krebs (10)

NYI 1, BUF 2 | Period 2, 19:37 – Mathew Barzal (10) from Anders Lee (14) and Simon Holmstrom (8)

NYI 2, BUF 2 | Period 3, 19:31 (PP) – Emil Heineman (12) from Mathew Barzal (19) and Matthew Schaefer (15)

NYI 2, BUF 3 | Shootout Rd. 5 – Josh Norris

Norris goal waved off

Josh Norris appeared to extend Buffalo’s early lead to 2-0 with a one-timer on the power play. But the officials immediately waved it off, stating that Zach Benson had interfered with Islanders goalie David Rittich. The Sabres didn't challenge. Take a look:

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Full highlights

Up next

The Sabres fly to New Jersey to face the Devils on Sunday at 7 p.m. MSG’s pregame coverage will begin at 6:30.