Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Tue, Oct 16, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

1 – 4

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. Jonathan Marchessault scored twice. Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	27
VGK	1	1	2	4	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	18:59	VGK	PP	Jonathan Marchessault (3) · wrist	William Karlsson (5), Reilly Smith (1)	0–1
2nd	02:08	VGK	SH	Cody Eakin (3) · wrist	Shea Theodore (1)	0–2
3rd	10:40	VGK	EV	William Karlsson (1) · tip-in	Reilly Smith (2)	0–3
3rd	19:23	BUF	PP	Vladimir Sobotka (1) · backhand	Kyle Okposo (3), Jake McCabe (1)	1–3
3rd	19:47	VGK	SH EN	Jonathan Marchessault (4) · wrist	William Karlsson (6)	1–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:45	VGK	Tomas Hyka	hooking	2
1st	18:20	BUF	Marco Scandella	holding	2
2nd	01:07	VGK	Nick Holden	tripping	2
2nd	04:13	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	09:34	VGK	Brayden McNabb	interference	2
2nd	12:35	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	interference	2
3rd	04:36	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	interference	2
3rd	07:46	VGK	Erik Haula	high sticking	2
3rd	17:20	VGK	Colin Miller	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.48 · VGK 3.39 · xG% BUF 42.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	100.0	17:56	18
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		15:52	25
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	100.0	15:49	19
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	2		24:29	30
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	51.9	21:53	25
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	4	50.0	19:53	23
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1		19:06	26
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		18:35	22
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2		18:24	24
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	14.3	17:54	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		17:50	19
4	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4		16:09	24
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		15:58	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		15:45	20
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	20.0	12:53	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	100.0	12:24	19
10	Patrik Berglund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	57.1	9:37	13
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		9:19	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	28	25	3	.893	55:35

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	William Karlsson	C	1	2	3	+2	0	3	1	2	30.8	19:38	21
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	2	0	2	+2	2	6	0	1	36.4	19:55	22
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1		19:44	21
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3		19:47	31
21	Cody Eakin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	72.7	17:51	19
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		23:32	27
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	4		22:42	26
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	3		20:39	27
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0		16:05	27
77	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		14:11	21
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	100.0	13:24	18
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	50.0	13:23	18
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	58.3	12:56	15
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	66.7	12:34	19
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		12:24	17
38	Tomas Hyka	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		10:22	17
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		9:36	10
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1		9:21	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	27	26	1	.963	59:59