BUFFALO -- Tage Thompson extended his goal streak to six games, and the Buffalo Sabres recovered in a shootout to win their fifth straight game, 3-2 against the New York Islanders at KeyBank Center on Saturday. The streak is tied for the longest of Thompson’s NHL career and is the second time he’s hit the mark this season.

This is, Patrick Roy says, part of the normal process for young players. They want to stick in the lineup, they assume the way to do that is to put up numbers.

The Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders meet Saturday at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, with puck drop set for 3:30 p.m. ET.

Good things come in threes, and the Vancouver Canucks have won three in a row, backstopped by Thatcher Demko, while Kiefer Sherwood scored three goals to help the team win 4-1 over the New York Islanders.

The trio of Cal Ritchie, Anthony Duclair and Max Shabanov suffered two of the longest defensive-zone shifts of the game and struggled to break out all night. Between them and the fourth line, the Islanders had just two shots on goal, per Natural Stat Trick.

Kiefer Sherwood had three goals for his second hat trick of the season as the Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Friday night for their third straight win.

New York is tied for second in the NHL with 34 rush goals, according to Stathletes. The Islanders’ one-two punch at center has helped fuel that success, with Bo Horvat tied for first in the NHL in rush goals (8) and Mathew Barzal among the league leaders in controlled zone entries.

Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Canucks post-game analytics report. This recurring deep dive breaks down the analytics behind each Canucks game as recorded by Natural Stat Trick. In this article, we look back on Vancouver’s most recent 4–1 victory over the New York Islanders.