Dylan Cozens scored his first goal of the season, and Tage Thompson extended his point streak to eight games, but the Buffalo Sabres (4-6-1) fell 4-3 to the New York Islanders (4-5-2) on Friday night at the KeyBank Center.
Jason Zucker and Owen Power also found the back of the net for the Sabres while Thompson, Zucker (1+1), Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram (0+2), and Ryan McLeod notched assists. Devon Levi made his fourth start of the season and stopped 32 shots.
Bo Horvat, Maxim Tsyplakov, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves on 35 shots.
Buffalo went 1-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.
The Sabres look to rebound quickly as they head to Detroit to face the Red Wings on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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