Buffalo Sabres 1 — 4 Vegas Golden Knights
2018-10-16 · T-Mobile Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | 11 | 6 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury start | VGK | W | 26 | 27 | 1 | 16/17 | 8/8 | 2/2 | 59:59 |
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | L | 25 | 28 | 3 | 22/23 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 55:35 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:49 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:53 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:53 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:19 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:24 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12:24 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19:53 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24:29 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16:09 |
| Patrik Berglund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 09:37 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Karlsson | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19:38 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | R | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:55 |
| Reilly Smith | R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| Shea Theodore | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19:47 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 |
| Ryan Reaves | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 09:21 |
| Jon Merrill | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
| William Carrier | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 09:36 |
| Colin Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:32 |
| Ryan Carpenter | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:23 |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| Erik Haula | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| Tomas Hyka | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:22 |
| Brad Hunt | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| Max Pacioretty | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:24 |
| Nick Holden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20:39 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22:42 |
| Tomas Nosek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:24 |
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 |