Buffalo Sabres 4 — 5 Vegas Golden Knights
2017-10-17 · T-Mobile Arena · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | 19 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Subban start | VGK | W | 30 | 34 | 4 | 21/22 | 8/11 | 1/1 | 63:52 |
| Chad Johnson start | BUF | O | 26 | 31 | 5 | 18/22 | 8/9 | 0/0 | 60:27 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evander Kane | L | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:55 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:58 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23:43 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17:21 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:09 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28:48 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20:18 |
| Matt Tennyson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:54 |
| Justin Bailey | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10:12 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:55 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:41 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:41 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 02:30 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:24 |
| Matt Moulson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:47 |
| Jordan Nolan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:19 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Perron | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| Reilly Smith | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:29 |
| James Neal | L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Brendan Leipsic | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:39 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| Brad Hunt | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:02 |
| Deryk Engelland | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22:21 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:16 |
| Oscar Lindberg | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13:33 |
| William Karlsson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 |
| Colin Miller | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| Luca Sbisa | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:04 |
| William Carrier | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 08:46 |
| Vadim Shipachyov | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| Nate Schmidt | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:06 |
| Jon Merrill | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:40 |
| Tomas Nosek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | VGK | 0 | |
| 2026-03-03 | 2025-26 | VGK | 2 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2025-03-15 | 2024-25 | VGK | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2025-01-04 | 2024-25 | BUF | 1 | VGK | 3 | |
| 2024-03-02 | 2023-24 | VGK | 2 | BUF | 7 | |
| 2023-12-15 | 2023-24 | BUF | 5 | VGK | 2 | |
| 2022-12-19 | 2022-23 | BUF | 3 | VGK | 2 | |
| 2022-11-10 | 2022-23 | VGK | 7 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2022-03-10 | 2021-22 | VGK | 1 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2022-02-01 | 2021-22 | BUF | 2 | VGK | 5 |