Postgame Notebook: Sabres 5, Islanders 4

The New York Islanders ended the preseason on a losing note on Friday, falling 5-4 to the Buffalo Sabres at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, ON.
Despite the loss, the Islanders finished the preseason schedule with a 5-3-0 record, which included a four-game winning streak that the Sabres snapped on Friday.
Anders Lee (2G), Josh Bailey and Ryan Pulock scored for the Islanders, while Mathew Barzal and Nick Leddy each chipped in a pair of assists. Pulock finished the preseason with a team-high five goals, while Barzal finished with eight assists.
Jeff Skinner scored a pair of goals for the Sabres, who finish the preseason with a 3-4-0 record. Zemgus Girgensons, Casey Nelson and 2018 first-overall pick Rasmus Dahlin also scored for the Sabres.
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POSTGAME NOTES:
-- Bailey opened the scoring at 7:22 of the first, tapping in a backdoor feed from Anthony Beauvillier. Bailey finished the preseason with two goals and four assists.
-- The Sabres answered Bailey's icebreaker 58 seconds later, as Zemgus Girgensons deflected in a Brendan Guhle shot past Robin Lehner at 8:20 of the first.
-- Buffalo jumped out a 3-1 lead with a pair of goals in the first 3:42 of the second period, as Casey Nelson and Rasmus Dahlin scored on point shots.
-- Anders Lee cut the deficit to 3-2 with a power-play goal at 4:36. Mathew Barzal set Lee up for a one-timer in the slot and Lee made no mistake, burying his first of the night past Carter Hutton.
-- Thomas Greiss (10 saves on 12 shots) relieved Robin Lehner (11 saves on 14 shots) midway through the second period. Head Coach Barry Trotz said his plan was for the goalies to split the game to avoid a long layoff ahead of the Oct. 4 season opener.
-- Jeff Skinner scored a pair of goals 1:30 apart to put the Sabres up 5-2. Skinner's first was a bank shot off Greiss at 11:34, while his second was a power-play goal at 13:04.
-- Ryan Pulock blasted a one-timer past Hutton to make it 5-3 at 15:34. Pulock's goal was his fifth of the preseason and fifth in his last four games. Barzal dished to Pulock for his second assist of the night and eighth in six games.
-- Lee snapped home his second of the night - and fourth of the preseason - with 4:41 to play in the third, but that's as close as the Islanders would come.
-- The Islanders power play went 2-for-5, while the penalty kill went 1-for-4
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NEXT GAME:
The next one counts, as the Islanders open the regular season against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.