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Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Buffalo Sabres 1 36-39-7
at Vegas Golden Knights 3 50-22-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 1 1
Vegas Golden Knights 2 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 6 4 14 24
Vegas Golden Knights 14 12 7 33

Three stars

  1. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. T. Laczynski, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  3. J. Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:53 Vegas Golden Knights Tanner Laczynski (1) Brett Howden (5), Zach Whitecloud (3) Even strength BUF 0, VGK 1
1st 12:23 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (10) Jack Eichel (41), Tanner Pearson (9) Even strength BUF 0, VGK 2
3rd 07:44 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel (11) Tanner Pearson (10), Noah Hanifin (15) Even strength BUF 0, VGK 3
3rd 17:42 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker (15) Rasmus Dahlin (22), JJ Peterka (18) Power play BUF 1, VGK 3

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 24 33
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 17 19
Blocked shots 10 17
Giveaways 22 15
Takeaways 5 6
Faceoffs won 27/47 (57.4%) 20/47 (42.6%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 12:24
17 J. Zucker L 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 0 1 66.7% 21:44
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 12:55
20 J.Kulich C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.2% 14:37
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:04
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 1 0 66.7% 19:25
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 100% 10:16
71 R. McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57.1% 11:17
72 T. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 0 0 20:42
77 J. Peterka R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 17:31
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 16:56
96 N. Aube-Kubel R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 10:26
4 B. Byram D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 24:16
8 D. Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 08:38
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 19:55
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 23:44
26 R. Dahlin D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 3 0 25:28
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13:01
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
47 J. Reimer 33 30 3 .909 57:41 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 1 1 2 +2 0 7 0 0 0 26.7% 21:08
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 18:11
21 B. Howden C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 28.6% 13:49
22 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 60% 08:24
26 A. Holtz R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20
28 T. Laczynski C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 11:08
46 J. Rondbjerg R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:45
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 20:08
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 2 0 13:06
61 M. Stone R 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 18:35
70 T. Pearson L 0 2 2 +2 0 2 3 0 0 15:43
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 64.3% 20:24
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 13:39
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 2 0 20:15
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 1 4 0 25:37
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 2 0 16:03
15 N. Hanifin D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 5 0 23:16
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:16
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 24 23 1 .958 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 08:03 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl Holding 2
2nd 13:35 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens Holding 2
3rd 13:13 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch Boarding 2
3rd 16:13 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar High sticking 2
3rd 19:16 Vegas Golden Knights Adin Hill Delaying game illegal play by goalie 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Referees
Garrett Rank, Justin Kea
Linesmen
Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Sam Lafferty, Henri Jokiharju, Jacob Bryson
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Victor Olofsson, Kaedan Korczak

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 3 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 4

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 4 at Washington Capitals 7 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 0 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final/SO Game page
Utah Hockey Club 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 4 at Calgary Flames 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final Game page

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