Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Golden Knights

28-19-14, 70 PTS

2-3

Final

Sabres

36-19-6, 78 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

VGK shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	7	16	6	29
BUF	11	12	5	28

In net

Akira Schmid25/28 SV, .893

Alex Lyon27/29 SV, .931

Team	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	0	2
BUF	1	2	0	3

Who won: Sabres 3-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. Jason Zucker led the Sabres in goals (1). Pavel Dorofeyev led the Golden Knights in goals (1).

VGK

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Ivan BarbashevLW	0	0	0	0	17:41	1:02	0:00	16:39	22	1	18	0	3	0	1	2	33.3	2
Braeden BowmanRW	0	1	0	0	18:15	0:57	0:00	17:18	22	0	8	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	0
Pavel DorofeyevRW	0	0	0	1	20:48	1:00	0:00	19:48	23	1	29	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	1
Jack EichelC	0	0	0	0	21:19	1:08	0:57	19:14	24	0	21	1	2	1	8	11	42.1	0
Tomas HertlC	0	2	0	-2	11:47	1:04	0:00	10:43	16	0	23	0	2	2	3	8	27.3	0
Keegan KolesarRW	1	7	0	-2	11:40	0:01	0:00	11:39	19	0	5	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	1
Raphael LavoieC	0	1	0	0	8:34	0:00	0:00	8:34	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	1
Mitch MarnerRW	1	0	0	1	22:11	1:08	1:05	19:58	24	0	16	0	0	0	6	9	40.0	1
Cole ReinhardtLW	0	4	0	0	11:01	0:00	0:00	11:01	15	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Brandon SaadLW	0	0	0	-2	8:14	0:02	0:00	8:12	15	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Colton SissonsC	1	3	2	0	13:01	0:52	0:55	11:14	20	0	4	0	2	0	9	3	75.0	2
Reilly SmithRW	0	2	0	1	19:04	0:51	1:03	17:10	23	0	10	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	1

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Rasmus AnderssonD	1	0	0	-1	18:16	0:59	0:00	17:17	27	11	0	1	1	1	1	2
Noah HanifinD	3	0	1	-1	19:10	0:00	0:42	18:28	25	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
Kaedan KorczakD	0	1	1	0	17:26	0:04	0:00	17:22	23	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jeremy LauzonD	1	4	0	-1	15:59	0:00	0:41	15:18	25	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Brayden McNabbD	1	3	1	1	20:36	0:04	1:19	19:13	29	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
Shea TheodoreD	1	0	0	0	24:29	0:48	1:18	22:23	33	7	1	1	3	0	0	0