Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score | Status |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | F/SO |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 12:07 | Vegas Golden Knights, goal by Brett Howden (Assist: Tanner Pearson, Ivan Barbashev) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 12:06 | Vegas Golden Knights, goal by Pavel Dorofeyev (Assist: Tomas Hertl) |
| 12:13 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Ryan McLeod (Assist: Jacob Bryson, Bowen Byram) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 9:53 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Jason Zucker |
| 17:27 | Vegas Golden Knights, goal by Jack Eichel (Assist: Mark Stone, Alex Pietrangelo) |
| 19:46 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Rasmus Dahlin (Assist: Bowen Byram, Tage Thompson) |
| Overtime | |
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| Shootout | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Hit Right Post | |
| Vegas Golden Knights, Victor Olofsson Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Jack Quinn Goal Backhand | |
| Vegas Golden Knights, Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Alex Tuch Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Vegas Golden Knights, Pavel Dorofeyev Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 2nd Period | |
| 5:46 | Vegas Golden Knights, Adin Hill 2 minutes for Delaying Game - Puck over glass served by Pavel Dorofeyev |
| 9:25 | Buffalo Sabres, Peyton Krebs 2 minutes for Instigator Brett Howden served by Jason Zucker |
| 9:25 | Buffalo Sabres, Peyton Krebs 2 minutes for Fighting Brett Howden |
| 9:25 | Vegas Golden Knights, Brett Howden 2 minutes for Fighting Peyton Krebs |
| 9:25 | Buffalo Sabres, Peyton Krebs 2 minutes for Instigator - Misconduct |
| 11:47 | Vegas Golden Knights, Keegan Kolesar 2 minutes for Fighting Jordan Greenway |
| 11:47 | Buffalo Sabres, Jordan Greenway 2 minutes for Fighting Keegan Kolesar |
| 3rd Period | |
| 9:36 | Vegas Golden Knights, Pavel Dorofeyev 2 minutes for Tripping Connor Clifton |
| Vegas Golden Knights | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| I. Barbashev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| P. Dorofeyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| J. Eichel | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:04 |
| T. Hertl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| B. Howden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| K. Kolesar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| V. Olofsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 |
| T. Pearson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 |
| N. Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| B. Saad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:56 |
| R. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| M. Stone | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:28 |
| N. Hague | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| N. Hanifin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28:05 |
| K. Korczak | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| B. McNabb | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19:50 |
| A. Pietrangelo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:58 |
| Z. Whitecloud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| J. Greenway | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:09 |
| T. Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:04 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 |
| J. Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:08 |
| S. Lafferty | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
| R. McLeod | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:05 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:57 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:57 |
| A. Tuch | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:16 |
| J. Zucker | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:12 |
| J. Bryson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23:54 |
| C. Clifton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17:43 |
| R. Dahlin | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:48 |
| O. Power | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:48 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18:16 |
Last updated on Sunday, March 16, 2025 3:58 AM.