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Final · March 3, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights2
Buffalo Sabres3

Shots on goal : VGK 29 — BUF 28 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

VGKGame statsBUF

29Shots on goal28
44 %Faceoff win %56 %
0/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
28Hits15
10Blocked shots10
14Giveaways15
5Takeaways9

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
VGK716629
BUF1112528

Season seriesVGK 0 – 2 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← VGK 2 / 29 / 483 / 28 / 46 BUF →
Missed shot — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P1 00:09 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 02:47 · snapMissed shot — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P1 04:36 · snapMissed shot — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P1 04:50 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 06:42 · snapMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 08:11 · tip-inMissed shot — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P1 08:13 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 13:13 · snapMissed shot — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P1 14:10 · snapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 15:31 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 16:21 · batMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P1 16:36 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 16:50 · wristMissed shot — Reilly Smith (VGK), P2 01:32 · snapMissed shot — Raphael Lavoie (VGK), P2 02:23 · slapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 04:50 · tip-inMissed shot — Shea Theodore (VGK), P2 06:45 · slapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 08:00 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 10:50 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 14:48 · snapMissed shot — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P2 15:00 · snapMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 15:30 · snapMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P2 16:30 · snapMissed shot — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P2 17:41 · wristMissed shot — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P2 19:36 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 00:36 · snapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 00:43 · tip-inMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 02:04 · snapMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P3 02:43 · snapMissed shot — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P3 05:17 · slapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 09:28 · snapMissed shot — Jack Eichel (VGK), P3 09:41 · snapMissed shot — Shea Theodore (VGK), P3 14:53 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 17:11 · snapMissed shot — Shea Theodore (VGK), P3 18:42 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 19:07 · snapMissed shot — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P3 19:40 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 03:35 · wristShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 03:49 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 03:54 · wristShot on goal — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P1 04:34 · wristShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 04:35 · deflectedShot on goal — Brandon Saad (VGK), P1 05:00 · wristShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 05:01 · deflectedShot on goal — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P1 08:27 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 08:32 · wristShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 11:22 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 13:12 · snapShot on goal — Colton Sissons (VGK), P1 13:40 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 16:06 · snapShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P1 16:32 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:09 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 19:46 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 19:52 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 00:39 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 02:04 · snapShot on goal — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P2 03:15 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 03:29 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 04:07 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 04:19 · tip-inShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P2 04:28 · snapShot on goal — Cole Reinhardt (VGK), P2 06:15 · snapShot on goal — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P2 06:47 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Eichel (VGK), P2 07:41 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 07:53 · tip-inShot on goal — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P2 08:49 · snapShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P2 09:34 · slapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 10:04 · snapShot on goal — Reilly Smith (VGK), P2 13:02 · tip-inShot on goal — Reilly Smith (VGK), P2 13:27 · snapShot on goal — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P2 13:28 · batShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 13:49 · snapShot on goal — Colton Sissons (VGK), P2 15:14 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P2 15:52 · slapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 16:31 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 17:27 · snapShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P2 19:27 · snapShot on goal — Shea Theodore (VGK), P2 19:34 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P3 02:07 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 03:07 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 03:12 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 05:34 · backhandShot on goal — Kaedan Korczak (VGK), P3 06:24 · snapShot on goal — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P3 07:12 · wristShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P3 07:13 · snapShot on goal — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P3 08:28 · snapShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P3 10:51 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 14:14 · wristShot on goal — Jack Eichel (VGK), P3 15:28 · wristGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 04:02 · snapGoal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 00:46 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:44 · wristGoal — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P2 06:50 · wrap-aroundGoal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P2 08:27 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 07:39BUFAlex Tuch — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jeremy Lauzon

3rd period

  • 12:50VGKRasmus Andersson — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. EichelC0102021:19
C. SissonsC0002313:01
P. DorofeyevR1014020:48
R. SmithR0112219:04
B. SaadL00-21008:14
C. ReinhardtL0001411:01
R. LavoieC0000108:34
B. BowmanR0001118:15
T. HertlC00-22211:47
I. BarbashevL1003017:41
K. KolesarR00-21711:40
M. MarnerR0010022:11
B. McNabbD0012320:36
R. AnderssonD00-11018:16
J. LauzonD00-12415:59
K. KorczakD0001117:26
N. HanifinD00-13019:10
S. TheodoreD0101024:29
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Hill0/0—00:00
A. Schmid(L)25/2889.3 %58:29

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL00-10109:46
J. NorrisC0002015:35
J. ZuckerL1012013:36
P. KrebsC0010420:04
J. QuinnR0005015:05
B. MalenstynL0001208:57
T. KozakC00-10108:34
R. McLeodC0112015:51
T. ThompsonC1012021:07
N. OstlundC0101014:19
A. TuchR0111119:36
J. DoanR0001116:32
B. ByramD00-10122:42
M. KesselringD0003011:19
M. SamuelssonD0014125:15
O. PowerD10-12022:54
R. DahlinD0221325:50
Z. MetsaD0011010:58
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(W)27/2993.1 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

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