NEW YORK — Casey Cizikas scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the New York Islanders opened their season with a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, Kyle Palmieri also scored and Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 shots as the Islanders won their season opener at home for the first time since 1995.
"When we gave up that second goal, we didn't shrink, we rose to the occasion," Cizikas said. "We kept pushing forward, we didn't sit back and we took it to them.