Vegas Golden Knights 2 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2026-03-03 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | VGK | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | 16 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 27 | 29 | 2 | 26/28 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Akira Schmid start | VGK | L | 25 | 28 | 3 | 23/26 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 58:29 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Dorofeyev | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Ivan Barbashev | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| Reilly Smith | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 |
| Shea Theodore | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:29 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:10 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:36 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15:59 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:47 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:01 |
| Keegan Kolesar | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11:40 |
| Brandon Saad | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| Rasmus Andersson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:16 |
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 |
| Braeden Bowman | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:15 |
| Cole Reinhardt | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:01 |
| Raphael Lavoie | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:34 |
| Mitch Marner | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:11 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25:50 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:54 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:07 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:51 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:36 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25:15 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 08:57 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:58 |
| Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:46 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:34 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:04 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:42 |
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 |