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Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 7–2 on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at home.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 45-29-8
at Buffalo Sabres 7 39-37-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 2 0 2
Buffalo Sabres 1 2 4 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 9 8 7 24
Buffalo Sabres 9 13 13 35

Three stars

  1. D. Cozens, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
  2. J. Skinner, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. U. Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:55 Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner (20) Unassisted Even strength VGK 0, BUF 1
2nd 00:54 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens (13) Unassisted Shorthanded VGK 0, BUF 2
2nd 01:46 Vegas Golden Knights Brendan Brisson (2) Nicolas Roy (23), Paul Cotter (14) Power play VGK 1, BUF 2
2nd 04:28 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (21) Jonathan Marchessault (21), Paul Cotter (15) Even strength VGK 2, BUF 2
2nd 14:46 Buffalo Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (7) Eric Robinson (6) Even strength VGK 2, BUF 3
3rd 02:20 Buffalo Sabres Kyle Okposo (12) Jeff Skinner (18), Casey Mittelstadt (33) Even strength VGK 2, BUF 4
3rd 06:26 Buffalo Sabres Owen Power (4) Jacob Bryson (4), Eric Robinson (7) Even strength VGK 2, BUF 5
3rd 12:18 Buffalo Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (14) Owen Power (18), Jeff Skinner (19) Power play VGK 2, BUF 6
3rd 17:12 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens (14) Owen Power (19), Henri Jokiharju (11) Shorthanded VGK 2, BUF 7

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 24 35
Power play 1 of 2 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 7 9
Hits 37 29
Blocked shots 27 10
Giveaways 2 5
Takeaways 7 3
Faceoffs won 33/61 (54.1%) 28/61 (45.9%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 3 0 0 35.7% 16:07
11 M. Morelli L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 1 0 13:17
19 B. Brisson C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 2 0 1 11:33
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 70.6% 15:23
22 M. Amadio R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 16:36
43 P. Cotter L 0 2 2 +1 0 0 1 0 0 17:23
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 17:17
51 B. Froese C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 37.5% 12:17
54 G. Denisenko L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 0 0 12:53
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 0 13:03
71 W. Karlsson C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 0 0 65% 17:23
81 J. Marchessault R 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 0 0 19:00
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 3 0 17:15
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 17:40
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 5 0 22:22
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 2 0 18:27
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 7 0 21:36
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 5 0 20:06
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
36 L. Thompson 35 28 7 .800 59:58 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 14:06
12 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 +2 0 1 3 2 0 50% 18:14
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 +2 7 0 2 0 0 50% 12:54
21 K. Okposo R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 14:08
24 D. Cozens C 2 0 2 +1 0 3 1 0 0 30.8% 12:29
28 Z. Girgensons C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 6 0 0 75% 13:49
37 C. Mittelstadt C 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 1 53.8% 14:51
50 E. Robinson L 0 2 2 +2 0 0 5 0 0 15:01
53 J. Skinner L 1 2 3 +2 0 4 1 0 0 13:45
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 38.9% 16:26
77 J. Peterka R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:22
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 100% 16:09
10 H. Jokiharju D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 1 2 0 23:28
25 O. Power D 1 2 3 +1 0 1 0 3 0 21:03
26 R. Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 24:16
33 R. Johnson D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 0 0 0 17:13
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 5 0 0 16:37
78 J. Bryson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 17:00
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 U. Luukkonen 24 22 2 .917 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 00:37 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch High sticking 2
3rd 11:54 Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez Hooking 2
3rd 16:40 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Slashing 2
3rd 16:40 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Fighting (major) 5
3rd 16:40 Vegas Golden Knights Ivan Barbashev Fighting (major) 5

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Referees
Chris Lee, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen
Ryan Daisy, Devin Berg
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Daniil Miromanov
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Erik Johnson, Victor Olofsson

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Buffalo Sabres 7 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 2

Matchup Status Details
Winnipeg Jets 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 4 at Detroit Red Wings 0 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Seattle Kraken 1 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Nashville Predators 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final/SO Game page
New York Rangers 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final/SO Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at New York Islanders 5 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 2 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final/SO Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page

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