Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Fri, Feb 28, 2020 · T-Mobile Arena · 2019–20 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 4

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at T-Mobile Arena. Reilly Smith scored twice. Robin Lehner made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	34
VGK	1	0	3	4	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:16	BUF	EV	Dominik Kahun (11) · snap	Marcus Johansson (19), Jimmy Vesey (11)	1–0
1st	11:12	VGK	EV	Nicolas Roy (4) · wrist	Nick Cousins (14), Nick Holden (7)	1–1
3rd	03:06	VGK	EV	William Karlsson (14) · backhand	Max Pacioretty (33), Chandler Stephenson (14)	1–2
3rd	05:25	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (26) · wrap-around	Paul Stastny (20), Zach Whitecloud (1)	1–3
3rd	18:11	VGK	SH EN	Reilly Smith (27) · wrist	Jonathan Marchessault (24)	1–4
3rd	19:48	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (13) · backhand	Brandon Montour (13), Jake McCabe (9)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	14:18	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.57 · VGK 2.65 · xG% BUF 49.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1		21:54	24
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2		17:33	24
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	+1	8	1	0		15:59	21
13	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0		13:12	18
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	40.0	12:54	20
95	Dominik Kahun	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	2		10:37	17
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	5	3	1		23:36	24
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	50.0	23:25	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	25.0	21:11	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1		19:47	23
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0		19:25	24
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0		17:05	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	5	2		16:56	22
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	100.0	16:26	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		14:43	20
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	37.5	14:02	19
17	Wayne Simmonds	R	0	0	0	+1	0	6	0		11:54	17
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	33.3	10:39	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	27	24	3	.889	58:42

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Reilly Smith	R	2	0	2	+2	0	2	1	0		16:01	21
71	William Karlsson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	1	78.9	19:08	21
22	Nick Holden	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	3		18:20	23
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	4		17:56	21
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		17:36	22
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		17:27	22
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	+2	2	4	1	0	100.0	17:13	21
10	Nicolas Roy	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	80.0	16:19	23
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	61.5	15:03	20
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	66.7	14:15	22
23	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	5		21:56	24
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	2		20:48	25
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		20:47	24
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	6		20:20	25
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	7	0		15:20	17
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	12:50	20
72	Gage Quinney	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50.0	11:36	13
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:43	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Robin Lehner	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00