Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Mar 3, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 on Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Rasmus Dahlin led the way with 2 points. Alex Lyon made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	2	0	2	29
BUF	1	2	0	3	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:02	BUF	EV	Jason Zucker (16) · snap	Ryan McLeod (32), Rasmus Dahlin (40)	0–1
2nd	00:46	BUF	EV	Owen Power (5) · wrist	Noah Ostlund (11)	0–2
2nd	05:44	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (33) · wrist	Alex Tuch (28), Rasmus Dahlin (41)	0–3
2nd	06:50	VGK	EV	Ivan Barbashev (18) · wrap-around	Shea Theodore (21), Jack Eichel (48)	1–3
2nd	08:27	VGK	EV	Pavel Dorofeyev (29) · wrist	Reilly Smith (9)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:39	BUF	Alex Tuch	tripping	2
3rd	12:50	VGK	Rasmus Andersson	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VGK 4.84 · BUF 4.19 · xG% VGK 53.6

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		24:29	33
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	42.1	21:19	24
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		20:48	23
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0		19:04	23
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	33.3	17:41	22
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	33.3	22:11	24
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	1		20:36	29
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3		19:10	25
4	Rasmus Andersson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		18:16	27
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:15	22
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:26	23
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	1		15:59	25
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	75.0	13:01	20
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	27.3	11:47	16
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	7	1		11:40	19
23	Cole Reinhardt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		11:01	15
36	Raphael Lavoie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:34	12
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		8:14	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	L	28	25	3	.893	58:29

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	3	1		25:50	29
25	Owen Power	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	2		22:54	29
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	46.7	21:07	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1		19:36	25
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	47.4	15:51	23
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	14:19	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	13:36	21
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	1		25:15	32
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		22:42	25
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	83.3	20:04	25
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:32	24
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	66.7	15:35	24
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		15:05	22
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		11:19	15
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		10:58	15
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		9:46	15
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		8:57	15
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	60.0	8:34	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00