Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Sat, Jan 4, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. Jack Eichel led the way with 2 points. Adin Hill made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	24
VGK	2	0	1	3	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:53	VGK	EV	Tanner Laczynski (1) · snap	Brett Howden (5), Zach Whitecloud (3)	0–1
1st	12:23	VGK	EV	Mark Stone (10) · snap	Jack Eichel (41), Tanner Pearson (9)	0–2
3rd	07:44	VGK	EV	Jack Eichel (11) · snap	Tanner Pearson (10), Noah Hanifin (15)	0–3
3rd	17:42	BUF	PP	Jason Zucker (15) · tip-in	Rasmus Dahlin (22), JJ Peterka (18)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	08:03	VGK	Tomas Hertl	holding	2
2nd	13:35	BUF	Dylan Cozens	holding	2
3rd	13:13	BUF	Alex Tuch	boarding	2
3rd	16:13	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	high sticking	2
3rd	19:16	VGK	Adin Hill	delaying game illegal play by goalie	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.42 · VGK 2.79 · xG% BUF 46.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	2	3		25:28	30
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	0	66.7	21:44	25
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		17:31	22
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		24:16	32
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		23:44	31
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		20:42	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		19:55	27
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	1	66.7	19:25	25
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3		16:56	25
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:04	19
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.2	14:37	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:01	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	12:55	18
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:24	18
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	11:17	16
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		10:26	13
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	100.0	10:16	14
8	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		8:38	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
47	James Reimer	L	33	30	3	.909	57:41

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	1	2	+2	0	7	0	0	26.7	21:08	22
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	2	2	+2	0	2	3	0		15:43	19
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	5		23:16	26
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0		18:35	21
21	Brett Howden	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	28.6	13:49	16
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		13:39	16
28	Tanner Laczynski	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	1	50.0	11:08	15
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	4		25:37	27
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	64.3	20:24	21
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	2		20:15	23
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		20:08	19
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		18:16	24
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		18:11	18
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		16:03	19
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2		13:06	16
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:20	15
22	Cole Schwindt	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	60.0	8:24	13
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		7:45	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Adin Hill	W	24	23	1	.958	60:00