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Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

NHLMarch 17, 2026T-Mobile Arena

SabresBuffaloBUFWon42-20-6

Sabres 2, Golden Knights 0

Final
Golden KnightsVegasVGK31-23-14
Score by period
Team123T
BUF1012
VGK0000

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Sam Carrick faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  3. 0:31Cole Smith hit Mattias Samuelsson
  4. 0:35Cole Smith Tip-In Wide Left
  5. 0:40Rasmus Dahlin Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  6. 1:04Tage Thompson hit Jack Eichel
  7. 1:06Shea Theodore Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  8. 1:30Owen Power Hooking against Ivan Barbashev
  9. 1:30Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  10. 1:38Mitch Marner Wrist Shot Wide Left
  11. 2:05Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  12. 2:07Goalie Stopped
  13. 2:07Sam Carrick faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  14. 2:31Sam Carrick hit Jack Eichel
  15. 2:38Mitch Marner Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  16. 3:33Rasmus Andersson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  17. 3:41Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Braeden Bowman
  18. 4:04Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  19. 4:06Goalie Stopped
  20. 4:06Nic Dowd faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  21. 4:17Zach Metsa shot blocked by Colton Sissons
  22. 4:19Tage Thompson Tip-In Wide Right
  23. 4:32Zach Benson Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  24. 4:34Goalie Stopped
  25. 4:34Mitch Marner faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  26. 5:01Tomas Hertl hit Jack Quinn
  27. 5:14Jeremy Lauzon hit Owen Power
  28. 5:37Josh Norris Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  29. 5:49Josh Norris Tip-In Wide Left
  30. 5:51Josh Norris Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  31. 6:04Jack Eichel shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  32. 6:15Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  33. 6:20Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  34. 6:24Rasmus Andersson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  35. 7:07Takeaway by Colton Sissons
  36. 7:11Jeremy Lauzon Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 7:51Keegan Kolesar hit Sam Carrick
  38. 8:59Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  39. 9:02Goalie Stopped
  40. 9:02Josh Norris faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  41. 10:03Brayden McNabb Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 10:06Goalie Stopped
  43. 10:06Sam Carrick faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  44. 10:29Braeden Bowman Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  45. 10:35Jeremy Lauzon shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  46. 10:53Keegan Kolesar hit Noah Ostlund
  47. 11:03Keegan Kolesar Tip-In Wide Right
  48. 11:08Nic Dowd Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  49. 11:12Goalie Stopped
  50. 11:12Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  51. 11:33Tomas Hertl hit Zach Metsa
  52. 11:37Icing
  53. 11:37Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  54. 12:26Josh Norris Tip-In saved by Adin Hill
  55. 12:51Brett Howden Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  56. 13:08Braeden Bowman Holding against Zach Benson
  57. 13:08Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  58. 13:27Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  59. 13:57Puck Frozen - Goalie
  60. 13:57Colton Sissons faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  61. 14:35Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Adin Hill
  62. 15:02Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  63. 15:08Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  64. 15:15Icing
  65. 15:15Josh Norris faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  66. 15:16Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot Wide Right
  67. 15:20Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  68. 15:24Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  69. 15:39Icing
  70. 15:39Colton Sissons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  71. 16:08Mark Stone hit Ryan McLeod
  72. 16:14Takeaway by Jason Zucker
  73. 16:15Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  74. 16:25Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  75. 16:27Goalie Stopped
  76. 16:27Sam Carrick faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  77. 16:29Tomas Hertl hit Beck Malenstyn
  78. 16:52Tyson Kozak hit Jeremy Lauzon
  79. 16:57Icing
  80. 16:57Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  81. 16:58Tage Thompson hit Kaedan Korczak
  82. 17:17Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  83. 17:34Colton Sissons Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  84. 17:38Puck in Netting
  85. 17:38Jack Eichel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  86. 17:42Rasmus Andersson Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  87. 18:02Josh Doan Goal (22) Backhand, assists: none
  88. 18:02Nic Dowd faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  89. 18:08Ryan McLeod hit Nic Dowd
  90. 18:10Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  91. 18:27Logan Stanley shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
  92. 18:50Tomas Hertl Deflected Wide Left
  93. 19:09Icing
  94. 19:09Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  95. 19:44Icing
  96. 19:44Tage Thompson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  97. 19:59Rasmus Andersson Tip-In Wide Left
  98. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nic Dowd faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  3. 0:14Off-side
  4. 0:14Sam Carrick faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  5. 0:22Beck Malenstyn hit Kaedan Korczak
  6. 0:27Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Colton Sissons
  7. 0:34Giveaway by Brett Howden
  8. 0:47Icing
  9. 0:47Colton Sissons faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  10. 1:15Ivan Barbashev hit Bowen Byram
  11. 1:23Brayden McNabb High-sticking against Tage Thompson
  12. 1:23Nic Dowd faceoff won against Josh Norris
  13. 1:47Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  14. 2:29Giveaway by Josh Norris
  15. 2:58Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Adin Hill
  16. 3:03Bowen Byram shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon
  17. 3:09Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  18. 3:11Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:11Colton Sissons faceoff won against Zach Benson
  20. 3:35Jack Quinn shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  21. 3:52Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  22. 3:54Goalie Stopped
  23. 3:54Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  24. 3:56Logan Stanley shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
  25. 4:15Takeaway by Shea Theodore
  26. 4:22Off-side
  27. 4:22Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  28. 4:38Icing
  29. 4:38Josh Norris faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  30. 4:44Peyton Krebs hit Jeremy Lauzon
  31. 5:20Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  32. 5:23Goalie Stopped
  33. 5:23Jack Eichel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  34. 5:42Jack Quinn hit Mark Stone
  35. 5:53Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  36. 5:55Goalie Stopped
  37. 5:55Brett Howden faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  38. 6:01Tyson Kozak hit Noah Hanifin
  39. 6:02Giveaway by Braeden Bowman
  40. 6:02Beck Malenstyn hit Braeden Bowman
  41. 6:10Tyson Kozak hit Noah Hanifin
  42. 6:17Logan Stanley Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  43. 6:24Zach Metsa Snap Shot saved by Adin Hill
  44. 6:31Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  45. 6:39Brett Howden hit Beck Malenstyn
  46. 6:47Zach Metsa shot blocked by Brett Howden
  47. 7:00Nic Dowd hit Zach Benson
  48. 7:13Takeaway by Zach Benson
  49. 7:26Brayden McNabb hit Zach Benson
  50. 7:40Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  51. 7:42Nic Dowd Wrist Shot Wide Right
  52. 8:32Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  53. 8:33Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  54. 8:37Bowen Byram Cross-checking against Tomas Hertl
  55. 8:37TV Timeout
  56. 8:37Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  57. 9:11Giveaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
  58. 9:39Mark Stone Backhand Wide Left
  59. 10:02Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 10:03Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Right
  61. 10:14Brett Howden Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  62. 10:54Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  63. 11:06Jeremy Lauzon Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  64. 11:07Goalie Stopped
  65. 11:07Cole Smith faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  66. 11:22Cole Smith hit Owen Power
  67. 11:25Off-side
  68. 11:25Josh Norris faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  69. 11:54Off-side
  70. 11:54Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  71. 12:00Zach Metsa Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  72. 12:04Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
  73. 12:22Giveaway by Brett Howden
  74. 12:28Jeremy Lauzon hit Jack Quinn
  75. 12:57Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  76. 13:04Puck in Benches
  77. 13:04Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Ivan Barbashev
  78. 13:23Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  79. 13:25Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
  80. 13:41Shea Theodore Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  81. 13:50Zach Benson Deflected saved by Adin Hill
  82. 13:52Zach Benson Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  83. 13:53Goalie Stopped
  84. 13:53Sam Carrick faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  85. 14:18Cole Smith Tip-In Wide Left
  86. 14:57Puck in Benches
  87. 14:57Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Josh Norris
  88. 15:14Takeaway by Josh Doan
  89. 15:46Takeaway by Josh Doan
  90. 15:48Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  91. 15:51Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Right
  92. 15:51Tomas Hertl hit Peyton Krebs
  93. 16:37Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  94. 16:40Puck in Crowd
  95. 16:40Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  96. 16:48Tage Thompson shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  97. 16:58Icing
  98. 16:58Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  99. 17:11Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  100. 17:17Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  101. 17:26Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  102. 17:32Puck in Benches
  103. 17:32Nic Dowd faceoff won against Josh Norris
  104. 17:53Nic Dowd hit Zach Metsa
  105. 18:04Cole Smith hit Logan Stanley
  106. 18:24Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  107. 18:36Giveaway by Nic Dowd
  108. 18:48Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  109. 18:50Giveaway by Tyson Kozak
  110. 18:50Beck Malenstyn hit Brayden McNabb
  111. 19:01Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  112. 19:03Colton Sissons shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  113. 19:51Tomas Hertl hit Jason Zucker
  114. 19:57Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  115. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nic Dowd faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  3. 0:06Keegan Kolesar hit Mattias Samuelsson
  4. 0:15Jeremy Lauzon Wrist Shot Wide Right
  5. 0:24Giveaway by Jeremy Lauzon
  6. 0:24Beck Malenstyn hit Jeremy Lauzon
  7. 1:09Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Right
  8. 1:11Goalie Stopped
  9. 1:11Mark Stone faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  10. 1:14Jack Eichel shot blocked by Logan Stanley
  11. 1:24Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  12. 1:26Goalie Stopped
  13. 1:26Sam Carrick faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  14. 1:35Rasmus Andersson shot blocked by Josh Norris
  15. 1:47Josh Norris Snap Shot saved by Adin Hill
  16. 1:47Goalie Stopped
  17. 1:47Colton Sissons faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  18. 1:48Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  19. 1:50Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  20. 2:07Colton Sissons hit Mattias Samuelsson
  21. 2:19Colton Sissons hit Rasmus Dahlin
  22. 2:26Brett Howden hit Zach Benson
  23. 2:38Nic Dowd hit Bowen Byram
  24. 2:42Giveaway by Nic Dowd
  25. 3:00Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  26. 3:02Goalie Stopped
  27. 3:02Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  28. 3:17Giveaway by Tomas Hertl
  29. 3:24Logan Stanley hit Mitch Marner
  30. 3:25Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  31. 3:27Goalie Stopped
  32. 3:27Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  33. 3:46Sam Carrick Boarding against Rasmus Andersson
  34. 3:46Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  35. 4:14Puck in Benches
  36. 4:14Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  37. 5:11Jack Eichel Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 5:13Goalie Stopped
  39. 5:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brett Howden
  40. 5:16Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  41. 5:30Shea Theodore shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  42. 5:59Bowen Byram hit Brett Howden
  43. 6:17Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  44. 6:22Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  45. 6:43Cole Smith hit Josh Norris
  46. 6:55Ivan Barbashev hit Zach Metsa
  47. 7:18Giveaway by Jeremy Lauzon
  48. 7:40Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  49. 7:43Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  50. 8:01Icing
  51. 8:01Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  52. 8:03Mitch Marner shot blocked by Owen Power
  53. 8:15Jason Zucker hit Rasmus Andersson
  54. 8:31Giveaway by Mitch Marner
  55. 8:58Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  56. 8:58Brayden McNabb hit Zach Benson
  57. 9:01Goalie Stopped
  58. 9:01Noah Ostlund Roughing against Brayden McNabb
  59. 9:01Brett Howden Roughing against Noah Ostlund
  60. 9:01Video Review
  61. 9:01Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  62. 9:13Off-side
  63. 9:13Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  64. 10:27Mitch Marner shot blocked by Josh Norris
  65. 10:45Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  66. 11:02Off-side
  67. 11:02Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  68. 11:13Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  69. 11:14Ivan Barbashev Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  70. 11:16Goalie Stopped
  71. 11:16Josh Norris faceoff won against Ivan Barbashev
  72. 11:22Tomas Hertl Tip-In Wide Left
  73. 11:29Rasmus Andersson Slap Shot Wide Right
  74. 11:32Goalie Stopped
  75. 11:32Josh Norris faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  76. 12:00Josh Doan hit Shea Theodore
  77. 12:12Off-side
  78. 12:12Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  79. 12:34Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  80. 12:37Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  81. 12:49Colton Sissons Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  82. 12:53Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  83. 12:58Zach Benson hit Colton Sissons
  84. 13:02Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  85. 13:13Brett Howden hit Zach Benson
  86. 13:34Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  87. 13:52Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  88. 14:32Icing
  89. 14:32Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  90. 14:55Mitch Marner Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  91. 14:58Puck in Netting
  92. 14:58Jack Eichel faceoff won against Josh Norris
  93. 15:02Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot Wide Left
  94. 15:41Icing
  95. 15:41Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  96. 16:04Brayden McNabb Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  97. 16:15Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  98. 16:27Shea Theodore shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  99. 17:07Braeden Bowman Deflected Wide Left
  100. 17:23Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  101. 17:45Shea Theodore shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  102. 18:37Mark Stone Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  103. 18:55Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Mark Stone
  104. 19:02Josh Norris Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (22), Mattias Samuelsson (25)
  105. 19:02Colton Sissons faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  106. 19:21Jeremy Lauzon hit Tage Thompson
  107. 19:37Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  108. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  109. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 18:02BUF 1, VGK 0Josh Doan Goal (22) Backhand, assists: none

3rd

  1. 19:02BUF 2, VGK 0Josh Norris Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (22), Mattias Samuelsson (25)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

Golden KnightsVegas

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Josh Doan RW102010013:300.03000002192210:532:370:00
Josh Norris C102002013:2854.55561020191010:512:370:00
Beck Malenstyn LW000042012:300.0000101020610:030:002:27
Jack Quinn RW000011015:410.02000020201614:181:230:00
Jason Zucker LW000010014:550.01102001192012:182:370:00
Noah Ostlund C000000215:4642.90432121221014:351:110:00
Peyton Krebs C012010011:1050.0011000017910:220:000:48
Ryan McLeod C000010016:5850.00881001231212:531:232:42
Sam Carrick C000010213:4050.0077010022611:570:001:43
Tage Thompson C000022019:2125.00311030233416:442:370:00
Tyson Kozak C000040011:10100.010310001829:220:001:48
Zach Benson LW000010017:170.0510000123713:241:232:30
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D000011221:3110011000.0261018:061:531:32
Logan Stanley D001011016:1810000000.020912:170:004:01
Mattias Samuelsson D011004022:2010010100.0251218:210:003:59
Owen Power D000001221:4100001000.025720:270:121:02
Rasmus Dahlin D001000022:5130000200.0261319:162:071:28
Zach Metsa D001000011:5320010000.015211:530:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G290291.00060:0000245000

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