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	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	1	0	-1	9:46	0:00	0:40	9:06	15	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Josh DoanRW	1	1	1	0	16:32	1:13	0:00	15:19	24	0	18	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tyson KozakC	1	1	0	-1	8:34	0:00	0:34	8:00	14	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	60.0	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	4	1	1	20:04	0:00	0:06	19:58	25	0	9	0	0	2	5	1	83.3	2	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	1	2	1	0	8:57	0:00	1:17	7:40	15	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	1	0	1	1	15:51	0:47	1:24	13:40	23	0	11	1	2	1	9	10	47.4	1	0	0
Josh NorrisC	0	0	2	0	15:35	1:13	0:00	14:22	24	0	8	0	2	1	7	5	58.3	2	0	0
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	14:19	0:00	0:00	14:19	23	0	10	1	1	1	2	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	0	0	0	15:05	0:47	0:00	14:18	22	0	12	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	1	21:07	1:13	0:02	19:52	26	1	33	0	2	1	7	8	46.7	0	0	0
Alex TuchRW	1	1	0	1	19:36	0:47	0:00	18:49	25	0	24	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Jason ZuckerLW	0	0	1	1	13:36	1:13	0:00	12:23	21	1	16	0	2	2	1	1	50.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Bowen ByramD	0	1	0	-1	22:42	0:47	1:02	20:53	25	0	10	0	0	0	2
Rasmus DahlinD	1	3	1	2	25:50	1:13	0:56	23:41	29	0	12	2	1	0	1
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	0	11:19	0:00	0:00	11:19	15	0	0	0	3	1	0
Zach MetsaD	1	0	0	1	10:58	0:00	0:00	10:58	15	0	2	0	1	0	0
Owen PowerD	2	0	1	-1	22:54	0:47	0:40	21:27	29	1	5	0	2	0	1
Mattias SamuelssonD	1	1	0	1	25:15	0:00	1:19	23:56	32	0	11	0	4	4	0