Buffalo Sabres 3 — 2 Vegas Golden Knights
2022-12-19 · T-Mobile Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 | 23 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill start | VGK | L | 15 | 18 | 3 | 15/18 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 57:28 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 41 | 43 | 2 | 30/32 | 10/10 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Pilut | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:44 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
| Casey Fitzgerald | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28:30 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29:03 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:23 |
| Kale Clague | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:45 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15:37 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Smith | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:28 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28:43 |
| Alec Martinez | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| William Karlsson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:56 |
| Michael Amadio | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:39 |
| Mark Stone | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:41 |
| Keegan Kolesar | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:24 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:25 |
| Ben Hutton | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| William Carrier | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:33 |
| Phil Kessel | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:33 |
| Nicolas Roy | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| Jake Leschyshyn | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:29 |
| Nicolas Hague | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Jonas Rondbjerg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:34 |
| Daniil Miromanov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:28 |
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 |