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Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 in a shootout on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Vegas Golden Knights 3 50-22-10
at Buffalo Sabres 4 36-39-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 1 1 0 0 3
Buffalo Sabres 0 1 2 0 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 7 6 6 0 0 19
Buffalo Sabres 12 10 14 1 0 37

Three stars

  1. R. Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  2. U. Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  3. R. McLeod, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:07 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (18) Tanner Pearson (13), Ivan Barbashev (23) Even strength VGK 1, BUF 0
2nd 12:06 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev (27) Tomas Hertl (28) Even strength VGK 2, BUF 0
2nd 12:13 Buffalo Sabres Ryan McLeod (15) Jacob Bryson (7), Bowen Byram (24) Even strength VGK 2, BUF 1
3rd 09:53 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker (19) Unassisted Power play VGK 2, BUF 2
3rd 17:27 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel (21) Mark Stone (41), Alex Pietrangelo (24) Even strength VGK 3, BUF 2
3rd 19:46 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (12) Bowen Byram (25), Tage Thompson (25) Even strength VGK 3, BUF 3

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson Saved
1 Vegas Golden Knights Victor Olofsson Goal
2 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn Goal
2 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel Saved
3 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch Goal (winner)
3 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev Saved

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 19 37
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 14 22
Hits 22 36
Blocked shots 14 13
Giveaways 19 23
Takeaways 6 4
Faceoffs won 19/67 (28.4%) 48/67 (71.6%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 33.3% 23:04
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 7.7% 16:02
16 P. Dorofeyev R 1 0 1 +1 2 1 0 1 0 14:31
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:28
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:56
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 1 0 38.5% 15:10
48 T. Hertl C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 27.3% 15:06
49 I. Barbashev L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 100% 17:19
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 0 12:34
61 M. Stone R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 22:28
70 T. Pearson L 0 1 1 +2 0 2 1 0 0 12:00
95 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 12:54
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 22:16
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 2 0 19:50
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 15:01
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 20:58
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 0 17:01
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 28:05
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 37 34 3 .919 65:00 OT loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 19:18
12 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 5 0 5 1 0 17:09
17 J. Zucker L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 2 0 1 20:12
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 0 71.4% 12:09
20 J.Kulich C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 75% 08:08
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 09:57
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 7 0 0 14:52
48 T. Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 83.3% 09:04
71 R. McLeod C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 80% 22:05
72 T. Thompson C 0 1 1 -2 0 5 2 0 0 63.2% 22:57
81 S. Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 1 0 60% 12:21
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 100% 23:16
4 B. Byram D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 2 0 0 23:54
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 0 0 18:16
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 0 19:48
26 R. Dahlin D 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 2 0 26:48
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 17:43
78 J. Bryson D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 16:30
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 U. Luukkonen 19 16 3 .842 63:33 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 05:46 Vegas Golden Knights Adin Hill Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 09:25 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Instigator 2
2nd 09:25 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Fighting (major) 5
2nd 09:25 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden Fighting (major) 5
2nd 09:25 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Instigator misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 11:47 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar Fighting (major) 5
2nd 11:47 Buffalo Sabres Jordan Greenway Fighting (major) 5
3rd 09:36 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev Tripping 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Brad Kovachik
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Shea Theodore, Cole Schwindt
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Josh Norris, Jacob Bernard-Docker, JJ Peterka

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 Mar 15

Matchup Status Details
New Jersey Devils 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 0 Final Game page
New York Rangers 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 5 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 0 at Los Angeles Kings 1 Final/OT Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Vancouver Canucks 6 Final Game page

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