Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights
On the ice
BUF shoots leftVGK shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| VGK | 14 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
In net
James Reimer30/33 SV, .909
Adin Hill23/24 SV, .958| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| VGK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Who won: Golden Knights 3-1
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights lead the series 1-0. The Golden Knights outscored the Sabres 2-0 in the 1st period. Tanner Laczynski led the Golden Knights in goals (1). Jason Zucker led the Sabres in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel DorofeyevRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 15:33 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 | 3:01 | 3:04 | 15:03 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:08 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 17:29 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander HoltzRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 8:58 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:49 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 12:00 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:24 | 1:21 | 1:55 | 17:08 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan KolesarRW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 12:24 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tanner LaczynskiC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner PearsonLW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas RondbjergRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole SchwindtRW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark StoneRW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:35 | 2:51 | 0:56 | 14:48 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas HagueD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 15:25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah HanifinD | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23:16 | 1:35 | 0:43 | 20:58 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabbD | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 | 0:00 | 3:30 | 16:45 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex PietrangeloD | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:37 | 0:59 | 3:35 | 21:03 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 15:51 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:39 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin HillG | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .958 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 2 |
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