Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Mar 2, 2024 · KeyBank Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 7

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 7–2 on Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at KeyBank Center. Dylan Cozens scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	2	0	2	24
BUF	1	2	4	7	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:55	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (20) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
2nd	00:54	BUF	SH	Dylan Cozens (13) · wrist	Unassisted	0–2
2nd	01:46	VGK	PP	Brendan Brisson (2) · snap	Nicolas Roy (23), Paul Cotter (14)	1–2
2nd	04:28	VGK	EV	William Karlsson (21) · snap	Jonathan Marchessault (21), Paul Cotter (15)	2–2
2nd	14:46	BUF	EV	Zemgus Girgensons (7) · wrist	Eric Robinson (6)	2–3
3rd	02:20	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (12) · bat	Jeff Skinner (18), Casey Mittelstadt (33)	2–4
3rd	06:26	BUF	EV	Owen Power (4) · slap	Jacob Bryson (4), Eric Robinson (7)	2–5
3rd	12:18	BUF	PP	Casey Mittelstadt (14) · wrist	Owen Power (18), Jeff Skinner (19)	2–6
3rd	17:12	BUF	SH	Dylan Cozens (14) · backhand	Owen Power (19), Henri Jokiharju (11)	2–7

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	00:37	BUF	Alex Tuch	high sticking	2
3rd	11:54	VGK	Alec Martinez	hooking	2
3rd	16:40	BUF	Peyton Krebs	slashing	2
3rd	16:40	BUF	Peyton Krebs	fighting	5
3rd	16:40	VGK	Ivan Barbashev	fighting	5

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 2.15 · BUF 2.88 · xG% VGK 42.7

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Paul Cotter	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0		17:23	21
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	-2	0	3	2	0		19:00	21
71	William Karlsson	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	0	65.0	17:23	21
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	3	0	35.7	16:07	22
19	Brendan Brisson	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	2	0		11:33	14
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	5		22:22	29
23	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	7		21:36	26
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	5		20:06	29
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	2		18:27	22
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3		17:40	25
49	Ivan Barbashev	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0		17:17	21
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	3		17:15	22
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		16:36	19
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	70.6	15:23	21
11	Mason Morelli	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	1		13:17	16
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		13:03	18
54	Grigori Denisenko	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	6	0		12:53	18
51	Byron Froese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	37.5	12:17	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	Logan Thompson	L	35	28	7	.800	59:58

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	1	2	3	+1	0	1	0	3		21:03	27
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	2	3	+2	0	4	1	0		13:45	17
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	2	2	+2	0	0	5	0		15:01	18
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	53.8	14:51	17
24	Dylan Cozens	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	1	0	30.8	12:29	20
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	2		23:28	30
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		17:00	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		14:08	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	6	0	75.0	13:49	17
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		24:16	30
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	2	50.0	18:14	21
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0		17:13	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	5	0		16:37	23
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	38.9	16:26	20
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	1	100.0	16:09	22
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:22	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		14:06	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+2	7	0	2	0	50.0	12:54	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00