Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights

NHL

Sabres

13-15-3, 29 PTS

5-2

Final

Golden Knights

20-6-5, 45 PTS

T-Mobile Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftVGK shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	10	8	9	27
VGK	14	11	10	35

In net

Devon Levi33/35 SV, .943

Logan Thompson22/26 SV, .846

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	4	5
VGK	0	1	1	2

Who won: Sabres 5-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Friday, December 15, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. The Sabres outscored the Golden Knights 4-1 in the 3rd period. Dylan Cozens led the Sabres in goals (1). Ivan Barbashev led the Golden Knights in goals (1).

Recap · Dec 16

Mittelstadt scores twice in Buffalo’s 4-goal 3rd, Sabres rally to beat Golden Knights 5-2

Casey Mittelstadt scored twice in Buffalo’s four-goal third period, Devon Levi made 32 saves and the Sabres rallied to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Friday night.

What it means

Season series: BUF leads series 1-0.
Sabres 7-8-2 on the road; Golden Knights 11-3-2 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Sabres2nd in Atlantic Division

Josh Doan RW
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Alex Lyon G
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Conor Timmins D
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Jason Zucker LW
Abdomen, Surgery
Injured Reserve
Topias Leinonen G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Golden Knights1st in Pacific Division

Raphael Lavoie C
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Victor Olofsson LW
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Lukas Cormier D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Sabres2nd in Atlantic Division

Devon Levi G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Golden Knights1st in Pacific Division

Logan Thompson G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

BUF leads series 1-0

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Game info

Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV · Attendance 18,008
Officials: Kelly Sutherland (Referee), Furman South (Referee), Brandon Gawryletz (Linesman), Libor Suchanek (Linesman)