Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Tue, Oct 17, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 5

Final/OT

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. Ryan O'Reilly scored twice; David Perron scored twice. Malcolm Subban made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	3	0	4	34
VGK	1	2	1	1	5	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:24	BUF	PP	Ryan O'Reilly (1) · wrist	Nathan Beaulieu (2), Evander Kane (4)	1–0
1st	14:15	VGK	EV	Oscar Lindberg (3) · snap	Reilly Smith (3), William Karlsson (2)	1–1
2nd	06:40	VGK	EV	Alex Tuch (2) · wrist	Deryk Engelland (2), Brendan Leipsic (4)	1–2
2nd	18:37	VGK	PP	Reilly Smith (1) · wrist	Brad Hunt (1), Colin Miller (1)	1–3
3rd	03:50	VGK	EV	David Perron (1) · wrist	James Neal (1), Cody Eakin (3)	1–4
3rd	10:00	BUF	PP	Ryan O'Reilly (2) · wrist	Evander Kane (5), Jack Eichel (6)	2–4
3rd	18:02	BUF	PP	Sam Reinhart (2) · deflected	Rasmus Ristolainen (3), Jason Pominville (4)	3–4
3rd	19:51	BUF	PP	Evander Kane (5) · deflected	Jack Eichel (7), Jason Pominville (5)	4–4
OT	03:52	VGK	EV	David Perron (2) · wrist	Luca Sbisa (4), James Neal (2)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:50	VGK	David Perron	interference	2
1st	07:11	BUF	Benoit Pouliot	slashing	2
1st	10:20	VGK	Cody Eakin	holding	2
2nd	02:48	BUF	Jack Eichel	holding	2
2nd	09:35	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	slashing	2
2nd	13:56	BUF	Bench	delaying game bench face off violation	2
2nd	17:27	BUF	Marco Scandella	slashing	2
3rd	08:28	VGK	Alex Tuch	slashing	2
3rd	09:51	VGK	Deryk Engelland	slashing	2
3rd	16:15	VGK	Reilly Smith	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.16 · VGK 2.67 · xG% BUF 54.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Evander Kane	L	1	2	3	0	0	5	1	0	20.0	24:55	27
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	2	0	2	-2	0	5	1	1	65.6	26:58	32
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	-1	2	4	1	2	33.3	23:43	32
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2		17:21	27
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	3	2		28:48	32
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2		20:18	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		19:09	23
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		20:41	25
5	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	1		18:54	26
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		17:22	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	100.0	16:56	20
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	55.6	16:55	24
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		14:24	23
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		10:41	18
95	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		10:12	16
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		9:47	16
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		6:19	11
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2:30	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Chad Johnson	OTL	31	26	5	.839	60:27

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
57	David Perron	L	2	0	2	+2	2	3	0	0	20.0	20:04	26
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	2	33.3	19:29	24
18	James Neal	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1		17:55	23
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	4		22:21	29
47	Luca Sbisa	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		21:04	26
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	52.4	20:16	29
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	58.3	19:43	22
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		18:09	23
77	Brad Hunt	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2		18:02	21
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	2	4	1	0		14:24	15
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	3	100.0	13:33	17
13	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	100.0	11:39	17
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		21:06	27
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		19:40	25
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	40.0	13:23	19
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	12:43	17
87	Vadim Shipachyov	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	10:58	15
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		8:46	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Malcolm Subban	W	34	30	4	.882	63:52