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Final · March 17, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres2
Vegas Golden Knights0

Shots on goal : BUF 25 — VGK 29 · T-Mobile Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsVGK

25Shots on goal29
49 %Faceoff win %51 %
0/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits28
14Blocked shots12
12Giveaways19
6Takeaways2

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF109625
VGK119929

Season seriesBUF 2 – 0 VGK

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 2 / 25 / 380 / 29 / 48 VGK →
Missed shot — Cole Smith (VGK), P1 00:35 · tip-inMissed shot — Mitch Marner (VGK), P1 01:38 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P1 03:33 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 04:19 · tip-inMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 05:49 · tip-inMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P1 06:24 · wristMissed shot — Keegan Kolesar (VGK), P1 11:03 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 15:02 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 15:16 · slapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 15:24 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P1 17:42 · slapMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P1 18:50 · deflectedMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P1 19:59 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 01:47 · wristMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 06:31 · wristMissed shot — Nic Dowd (VGK), P2 07:42 · wristMissed shot — Mark Stone (VGK), P2 09:39 · backhandMissed shot — Mark Stone (VGK), P2 10:03 · wristMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 10:54 · wristMissed shot — Cole Smith (VGK), P2 14:18 · tip-inMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 15:51 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 17:11 · wristMissed shot — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P3 00:15 · wristMissed shot — Mark Stone (VGK), P3 01:09 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 01:50 · slapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 10:45 · wristMissed shot — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P3 11:22 · tip-inMissed shot — Rasmus Andersson (VGK), P3 11:29 · slapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 12:37 · wristMissed shot — Mitch Marner (VGK), P3 14:55 · snapMissed shot — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P3 15:02 · wristMissed shot — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P3 17:07 · deflectedShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 00:40 · backhandShot on goal — Shea Theodore (VGK), P1 01:06 · slapShot on goal — Mark Stone (VGK), P1 02:05 · wristShot on goal — Mitch Marner (VGK), P1 02:38 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 04:04 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 04:32 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 05:37 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 05:51 · wristShot on goal — Mark Stone (VGK), P1 06:15 · wristShot on goal — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P1 07:11 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 08:59 · wristShot on goal — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P1 10:03 · snapShot on goal — Braeden Bowman (VGK), P1 10:29 · wristShot on goal — Nic Dowd (VGK), P1 11:08 · tip-inShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 12:26 · tip-inShot on goal — Brett Howden (VGK), P1 12:51 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 13:27 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 14:35 · snapShot on goal — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P1 16:25 · wristShot on goal — Colton Sissons (VGK), P1 17:34 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 02:58 · tip-inShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 03:09 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 03:52 · wristShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P2 05:53 · wristShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P2 06:17 · wristShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 06:24 · snapShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P2 08:32 · wristShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P2 08:33 · wristShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P2 10:02 · snapShot on goal — Brett Howden (VGK), P2 10:14 · deflectedShot on goal — Jeremy Lauzon (VGK), P2 11:06 · slapShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 12:00 · wristShot on goal — Shea Theodore (VGK), P2 13:41 · slapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 13:50 · deflectedShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 13:52 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 15:48 · wristShot on goal — Shea Theodore (VGK), P2 16:37 · snapShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P2 19:57 · snapShot on goal — Jack Eichel (VGK), P3 01:24 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P3 01:47 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 03:00 · backhandShot on goal — Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK), P3 03:25 · snapShot on goal — Jack Eichel (VGK), P3 05:11 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 07:40 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 08:58 · wristShot on goal — Tomas Hertl (VGK), P3 11:13 · wristShot on goal — Ivan Barbashev (VGK), P3 11:14 · backhandShot on goal — Colton Sissons (VGK), P3 12:49 · wristShot on goal — Noah Hanifin (VGK), P3 13:34 · wristShot on goal — Brayden McNabb (VGK), P3 16:04 · slapShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P3 17:23 · wristShot on goal — Mark Stone (VGK), P3 18:37 · deflectedGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 18:02 · backhandGoal — Josh Norris (BUF), P3 19:02 · 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

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 01:30BUFOwen Power — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Barbashev
  • 13:08VGKBraeden Bowman — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson

2nd period

  • 01:23VGKBrayden McNabb — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 08:37BUFBowen Byram — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Tomas Hertl

3rd period

  • 03:46BUFSam Carrick — Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Andersson
  • 09:01BUFNoah Ostlund — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Brayden McNabb
  • 09:01VGKBrett Howden — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Noah Ostlund

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0005117:17
J. NorrisC1025013:28
S. CarrickC0000113:40
J. ZuckerL0001114:55
P. KrebsC0120111:10
J. QuinnR0002115:41
B. MalenstynL0000412:30
T. KozakC0001411:10
R. McLeodC0000116:58
T. ThompsonC0000219:21
N. OstlundC0000015:46
J. DoanR1023113:30
B. ByramD0001121:31
M. SamuelssonD0111022:20
O. PowerD0000021:41
R. DahlinD0013022:51
L. StanleyD0011116:18
Z. MetsaD0012011:53
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)29/29100.0 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. EichelC00-22020:06
C. SissonsC0002213:49
P. DorofeyevR00-13017:18
B. HowdenC0002313:56
C. SmithR0000410:03
N. DowdC0001311:17
B. BowmanR0001014:04
T. HertlC00-13517:39
I. BarbashevL00-11214:31
K. KolesarR0000310:40
M. StoneR00-23119:10
M. MarnerR00-11022:23
B. McNabbD0003218:37
R. AnderssonD00-10021:15
J. LauzonD0002315:40
K. KorczakD0000013:03
N. HanifinD00-22020:23
S. TheodoreD0003020:37
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Hill(L)23/2495.8 %59:29
A. Schmid0/0—00:00

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