Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Mon, Dec 19, 2022 · T-Mobile Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 on Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at T-Mobile Arena. Lawrence Pilut led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 41 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 18–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	3	0	3	18
VGK	0	0	2	2	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:53	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (16) · wrist	Alex Tuch (20), Lawrence Pilut (2)	1–0
2nd	07:15	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (26) · wrist	Casey Fitzgerald (3)	2–0
2nd	13:28	BUF	EV	Lawrence Pilut (1) · slap	Kyle Okposo (10), Peyton Krebs (4)	3–0
3rd	03:54	VGK	EV	Chandler Stephenson (8) · wrist	Michael Amadio (2), Alec Martinez (5)	3–1
3rd	17:38	VGK	PP	Reilly Smith (17) · wrist	Alex Pietrangelo (20), William Karlsson (16)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:59	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	boarding	2
1st	08:18	BUF	Ilya Lyubushkin	boarding	2
1st	13:58	BUF	Ilya Lyubushkin	interference	2
3rd	09:47	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	13:03	BUF	Kyle Okposo	ps tripping on breakaway	0

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.57 · VGK 5.31 · xG% BUF 40.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0		13:31	20
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	2		18:44	26
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	1	26.7	17:57	26
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	62.5	16:26	24
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		15:33	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	50.0	14:22	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	80.0	11:02	14
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6		29:03	34
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3		28:30	32
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	18:18	21
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	45.5	17:23	21
38	Kale Clague	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:45	22
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	4	1		15:37	25
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:22	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		13:29	20
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	22.2	12:46	18
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:45	12
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		9:27	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	43	41	2	.953	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	1		28:43	28
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0		22:28	25
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	21:20	24
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	59.1	20:56	24
23	Alec Martinez	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	1		20:07	24
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		13:34	19
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0		22:41	23
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	50.0	22:39	23
42	Daniil Miromanov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		17:28	23
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		17:25	25
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	66.7	16:54	23
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		14:46	20
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		14:33	22
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		12:58	17
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0		10:24	17
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:34	12
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		8:33	13
15	Jake Leschyshyn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	25.0	6:29	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Adin Hill	L	18	15	3	.833	57:28