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Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

NHLMarch 3, 2026KeyBank Center

Golden KnightsVegasVGK28-19-14

Golden Knights 2, Sabres 3

Final
SabresBuffaloBUFWon36-19-6
Score by period
Team123T
VGK0202
BUF1203

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Jack Eichel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:09Braeden Bowman Snap Shot Wide Right
  4. 0:21Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  5. 0:46Giveaway by Josh Doan
  6. 0:52Reilly Smith hit Josh Norris
  7. 0:59Giveaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
  8. 1:09Off-side
  9. 1:09Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  10. 1:17Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
  11. 1:53Raphael Lavoie hit Zach Metsa
  12. 1:59Icing
  13. 1:59Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  14. 2:13Beck Malenstyn hit Jack Eichel
  15. 2:41Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
  16. 2:47Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Left
  17. 3:30Off-side
  18. 3:30Josh Norris faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  19. 3:35Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  20. 3:36Brayden McNabb hit Michael Kesselring
  21. 3:46Colton Sissons hit Josh Norris
  22. 3:49Noah Ostlund Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  23. 3:51Goalie Stopped
  24. 3:51Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  25. 3:54Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  26. 3:56Goalie Stopped
  27. 3:56Jason Zucker faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  28. 4:02Jason Zucker Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (32), Rasmus Dahlin (40)
  29. 4:02Tage Thompson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  30. 4:34Keegan Kolesar Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  31. 4:35Tomas Hertl Deflected saved by Alex Lyon
  32. 4:36Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Wide Right
  33. 4:50Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Wide Right
  34. 4:54Peyton Krebs hit Noah Hanifin
  35. 5:00Brandon Saad Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  36. 5:01Tomas Hertl Deflected saved by Alex Lyon
  37. 5:26Tyson Kozak shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  38. 5:30Kaedan Korczak hit Beck Malenstyn
  39. 5:35Tyson Kozak hit Kaedan Korczak
  40. 5:37Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Mitch Marner
  41. 6:16Colton Sissons hit Josh Doan
  42. 6:29On-Ice Official
  43. 6:29TV Timeout
  44. 6:29Colton Sissons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  45. 6:42Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  46. 7:17Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  47. 7:30Off-side
  48. 7:30Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  49. 7:39Alex Tuch Tripping against Jeremy Lauzon
  50. 7:39Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  51. 8:11Tomas Hertl Tip-In Wide Right
  52. 8:13Braeden Bowman Snap Shot Wide Left
  53. 8:27Braeden Bowman Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  54. 8:29Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  55. 8:32Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  56. 8:47Off-side
  57. 8:47Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Ivan Barbashev
  58. 10:02Keegan Kolesar hit Peyton Krebs
  59. 10:08Bowen Byram hit Keegan Kolesar
  60. 10:55Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  61. 11:22Zach Metsa Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  62. 11:25Puck in Netting
  63. 11:25Mitch Marner faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  64. 12:26Giveaway by Josh Norris
  65. 12:38Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  66. 12:53Tomas Hertl hit Rasmus Dahlin
  67. 13:09Giveaway by Raphael Lavoie
  68. 13:12Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  69. 13:13Jason Zucker Snap Shot Short
  70. 13:40Colton Sissons Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  71. 13:42Goalie Stopped
  72. 13:42Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Ivan Barbashev
  73. 14:00Jeremy Lauzon hit Beck Malenstyn
  74. 14:10Braeden Bowman Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  75. 14:20Zach Benson hit Jack Eichel
  76. 14:45Brayden McNabb hit Tage Thompson
  77. 15:20Keegan Kolesar hit Zach Metsa
  78. 15:31Noah Ostlund Tip-In Wide Left
  79. 15:32Keegan Kolesar hit Michael Kesselring
  80. 16:06Michael Kesselring Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  81. 16:08Goalie Stopped
  82. 16:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  83. 16:21Jack Quinn Batted Wide Right
  84. 16:23Goalie Stopped
  85. 16:23Tage Thompson faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  86. 16:26Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  87. 16:32Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  88. 16:36Rasmus Andersson Slap Shot Wide Left
  89. 16:50Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
  90. 16:52Goalie Stopped
  91. 16:52Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Raphael Lavoie
  92. 17:00Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Josh Doan
  93. 17:50Giveaway by Alex Lyon
  94. 18:16Keegan Kolesar hit Tyson Kozak
  95. 18:44Braeden Bowman hit Owen Power
  96. 18:55Jack Quinn shot blocked by Shea Theodore
  97. 19:09Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  98. 19:46Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  99. 19:48Goalie Stopped
  100. 19:48Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  101. 19:52Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  102. 19:55Tage Thompson shot blocked by Colton Sissons
  103. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  3. 0:39Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  4. 0:40Goalie Stopped
  5. 0:40Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  6. 0:46Owen Power Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (11)
  7. 0:46Josh Norris faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  8. 1:00Takeaway by Noah Hanifin
  9. 1:03Josh Doan hit Tomas Hertl
  10. 1:07Keegan Kolesar hit Josh Norris
  11. 1:09Off-side
  12. 1:09Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  13. 1:32Reilly Smith Snap Shot Wide Right
  14. 1:41Off-side
  15. 1:41Tage Thompson faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  16. 2:04Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  17. 2:09Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  18. 2:23Raphael Lavoie Slap Shot Wide Right
  19. 2:35Alex Tuch hit Brayden McNabb
  20. 3:11Jack Eichel shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  21. 3:14Puck in Netting
  22. 3:14Jack Eichel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  23. 3:15Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  24. 3:29Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  25. 3:43Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  26. 4:07Josh Norris Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  27. 4:15Icing
  28. 4:15Josh Norris faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  29. 4:19Josh Norris Tip-In saved by Akira Schmid
  30. 4:21Goalie Stopped
  31. 4:21Josh Norris faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  32. 4:28Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  33. 4:45Peyton Krebs hit Reilly Smith
  34. 4:50Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Right
  35. 5:10Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon
  36. 5:12Puck in Netting
  37. 5:12Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  38. 5:44Tage Thompson Goal (33) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (28), Rasmus Dahlin (41)
  39. 5:44Colton Sissons faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  40. 5:50Cole Reinhardt hit Owen Power
  41. 5:52Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  42. 6:01Cole Reinhardt hit Bowen Byram
  43. 6:04Giveaway by Zach Benson
  44. 6:15Cole Reinhardt Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  45. 6:23Beck Malenstyn hit Kaedan Korczak
  46. 6:24Cole Reinhardt shot blocked by Owen Power
  47. 6:27Colton Sissons hit Tyson Kozak
  48. 6:45Shea Theodore Slap Shot Wide Right
  49. 6:47Ivan Barbashev Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  50. 6:50Ivan Barbashev Goal (18) Wrap-around, assists: Shea Theodore (21), Jack Eichel (48)
  51. 6:50Jack Eichel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  52. 7:19Takeaway by Brayden McNabb
  53. 7:29Rasmus Dahlin hit Braeden Bowman
  54. 7:41Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  55. 7:53Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Akira Schmid
  56. 7:57Giveaway by Jeremy Lauzon
  57. 7:59Josh Norris shot blocked by Josh Doan
  58. 8:00Josh Doan Snap Shot Wide Right
  59. 8:27Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (29) Wrist Shot, assists: Reilly Smith (9)
  60. 8:27Colton Sissons faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  61. 8:49Brayden McNabb Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  62. 8:54Cole Reinhardt hit Mattias Samuelsson
  63. 9:05Mattias Samuelsson hit Keegan Kolesar
  64. 9:34Noah Hanifin Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  65. 9:36Goalie Stopped
  66. 9:36Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  67. 9:44Rasmus Dahlin hit Reilly Smith
  68. 10:04Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  69. 10:32Takeaway by Josh Norris
  70. 10:42Icing
  71. 10:42Mitch Marner faceoff won against Josh Norris
  72. 10:50Josh Doan Snap Shot Short
  73. 11:36Brayden McNabb hit Peyton Krebs
  74. 12:04Peyton Krebs hit Jack Eichel
  75. 12:56Reilly Smith hit Owen Power
  76. 13:02Reilly Smith Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  77. 13:05Goalie Stopped
  78. 13:05Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  79. 13:16Jeremy Lauzon hit Jason Zucker
  80. 13:27Reilly Smith Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  81. 13:28Jeremy Lauzon Batted saved by Alex Lyon
  82. 13:49Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  83. 13:58Giveaway by Reilly Smith
  84. 14:48Alex Tuch Snap Shot Wide Left
  85. 15:00Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Wide Left
  86. 15:05Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  87. 15:14Colton Sissons Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  88. 15:14Cole Reinhardt hit Peyton Krebs
  89. 15:18Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  90. 15:23Takeaway by Josh Norris
  91. 15:30Josh Norris Snap Shot Wide Right
  92. 15:38Takeaway by Colton Sissons
  93. 15:52Rasmus Andersson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  94. 15:58Keegan Kolesar hit Josh Doan
  95. 16:30Michael Kesselring Snap Shot Wide Right
  96. 16:31Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  97. 17:14Takeaway by Kaedan Korczak
  98. 17:27Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  99. 17:36Jack Eichel shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  100. 17:38Puck in Netting
  101. 17:38Jack Eichel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  102. 17:41Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot Wide Left
  103. 17:47Giveaway by Owen Power
  104. 18:46Hand Pass
  105. 18:46Josh Norris faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  106. 19:11Icing
  107. 19:11Mitch Marner faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  108. 19:27Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  109. 19:29Goalie Stopped
  110. 19:29Colton Sissons faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  111. 19:34Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  112. 19:36Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Wide Left
  113. 19:39Goalie Stopped
  114. 19:39Josh Norris faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  115. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Jack Eichel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:36Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  4. 0:43Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Left
  5. 1:50Takeaway by Jason Zucker
  6. 1:54Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  7. 1:56Giveaway by Colton Sissons
  8. 2:04Jason Zucker Snap Shot Wide Right
  9. 2:07Michael Kesselring Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  10. 2:43Tomas Hertl Snap Shot Wide Left
  11. 2:52Shea Theodore shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  12. 2:57Goalie Stopped
  13. 2:57Ivan Barbashev faceoff won against Josh Norris
  14. 3:07Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  15. 3:08Goalie Stopped
  16. 3:08Tage Thompson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  17. 3:12Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  18. 3:14Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:14Jack Eichel faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  20. 3:21Icing
  21. 3:21Jack Eichel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  22. 3:34Takeaway by Owen Power
  23. 4:02Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  24. 5:11Giveaway by Rasmus Andersson
  25. 5:16Icing
  26. 5:16Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  27. 5:17Jeremy Lauzon Slap Shot Wide Left
  28. 5:34Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  29. 5:36Goalie Stopped
  30. 5:36Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  31. 5:40Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
  32. 6:01Peyton Krebs hit Shea Theodore
  33. 6:24Kaedan Korczak Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  34. 7:00Off-side
  35. 7:00Mitch Marner faceoff won against Josh Norris
  36. 7:12Jeremy Lauzon Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  37. 7:13Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  38. 7:15Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:15Mitch Marner faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  40. 7:16Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Owen Power
  41. 7:22Jeremy Lauzon hit Jack Quinn
  42. 7:35Giveaway by Mitch Marner
  43. 8:10Reilly Smith shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  44. 8:15Puck in Benches
  45. 8:15Colton Sissons faceoff won against Josh Norris
  46. 8:28Brayden McNabb Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  47. 8:32Goalie Stopped
  48. 8:32Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  49. 8:34Raphael Lavoie shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  50. 8:46Jeremy Lauzon hit Zach Metsa
  51. 9:16Takeaway by Beck Malenstyn
  52. 9:18Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  53. 9:28Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  54. 9:31Goalie Stopped
  55. 9:31Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  56. 9:41Jack Eichel Snap Shot Wide Left
  57. 10:23Giveaway by Josh Norris
  58. 10:50Rasmus Dahlin hit Mitch Marner
  59. 10:51Noah Hanifin Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  60. 10:54Goalie Stopped
  61. 10:54Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  62. 11:00Icing
  63. 11:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  64. 11:06Off-side
  65. 11:06Colton Sissons faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  66. 11:18Takeaway by Colton Sissons
  67. 11:20Giveaway by Colton Sissons
  68. 11:26Giveaway by Akira Schmid
  69. 11:27Keegan Kolesar hit Bowen Byram
  70. 11:47Icing
  71. 11:47Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  72. 12:05Shea Theodore shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  73. 12:14Icing
  74. 12:14Tage Thompson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  75. 12:37Takeaway by Josh Doan
  76. 12:50Rasmus Andersson Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  77. 12:50Colton Sissons faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  78. 13:19Puck in Netting
  79. 13:19Mitch Marner faceoff won against Josh Norris
  80. 13:53Tage Thompson shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  81. 14:03Puck in Netting
  82. 14:03Colton Sissons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  83. 14:14Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  84. 14:53Shea Theodore Snap Shot Wide Left
  85. 14:58Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  86. 15:16Icing
  87. 15:16Jack Eichel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  88. 15:28Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  89. 15:30Goalie Stopped
  90. 15:30Josh Norris faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  91. 15:38Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
  92. 16:48Takeaway by Peyton Krebs
  93. 17:11Ryan McLeod Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  94. 17:14Puck in Netting
  95. 17:14Colton Sissons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  96. 17:32Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  97. 17:35Giveaway by Keegan Kolesar
  98. 18:42Shea Theodore Snap Shot Wide Right
  99. 18:56Tomas Hertl hit Bowen Byram
  100. 19:07Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  101. 19:09Icing
  102. 19:09Tage Thompson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  103. 19:39Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  104. 19:40Braeden Bowman Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  105. 19:58Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  106. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  107. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 4:02VGK 0, BUF 1Jason Zucker Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (32), Rasmus Dahlin (40)

2nd

  1. 0:46VGK 0, BUF 2Owen Power Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (11)
  2. 5:44VGK 0, BUF 3Tage Thompson Goal (33) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (28), Rasmus Dahlin (41)
  3. 6:50VGK 1, BUF 3Ivan Barbashev Goal (18) Wrap-around, assists: Shea Theodore (21), Jack Eichel (48)
  4. 8:27VGK 2, BUF 3Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (29) Wrist Shot, assists: Reilly Smith (9)

Game leaders

Golden KnightsVegas

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Ivan Barbashev LW100000017:4133.33212000221816:391:020:00
Pavel Dorofeyev RW101000020:480.04001000232919:481:000:00
Braeden Bowman RW000010018:150.0100004022817:180:570:00
Brandon Saad LW00-200008:140.010000001538:120:020:00
Cole Reinhardt LW000040011:010.0100000015311:010:000:00
Colton Sissons C000031013:0175.0239200220411:140:520:55
Jack Eichel C010000021:1942.121180010242119:141:080:57
Keegan Kolesar RW00-2071011:400.0100104019511:390:010:00
Mitch Marner RW001001022:1140.00961000241619:581:081:05
Raphael Lavoie C00001008:340.001010101208:340:000:00
Reilly Smith RW011020019:040.02001010231017:100:511:03
Tomas Hertl C00-2020011:4727.32830020162310:431:040:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brayden McNabb D001031020:3620000110.029219:130:041:19
Jeremy Lauzon D00-1041015:5920010100.025015:180:000:41
Kaedan Korczak D000010017:2610010010.023317:220:040:00
Noah Hanifin D00-1003019:1030010010.025218:280:000:42
Rasmus Andersson D00-1001218:1610011100.0271117:170:590:00
Shea Theodore D010001024:2910000300.033722:230:481:18
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Akira Schmid G28325.89358:2900231100

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