SabresvsGolden Knights — Mar 16, 2026

Mar 16, 2026

Final

Sabres logo

BUF

SOG: 25

2

-

0

Three Stars

First Star
U. Luukkonen
BUF logo

U. Luukkonen

BUF • #1 • G
SV% 1.000PPSA 4/4
Second Star
A. Hill
VGK logo

A. Hill

VGK • #33 • G
SV% .958PPSA 4/4
Third Star
J. Doan
BUF logo

J. Doan

BUF • #91 • R
G 1A 0PTS 1SOG 3

Linescore

Team123Total
BUF1012
VGK0000

Shots On Goal

Team123Total
BUF109625
VGK118928

Goals

1st Period

J. Doan
BUF

J. Doan(22nd)

18:02(EV)

Unassisted

3rd Period

J. Norris
BUF

J. Norris(10th)

19:02(EV)

Empty net assisted by P. Krebs and M. Samuelsson

Game Stats

Sabres logo
vs
Golden Knights logo

25

Shots On Goal

28

49.2

Faceoff %

50.8

0-2 (0.0%)

Power Play %

(0.0%) 0-3

8

Penalty Minutes

6

19

Hits

28

13

Blocked Shots

12

12

Giveaways

19

6

Takeaways

2

Box Score

9J. Eichel000-200001020.320:06
10C. Sissons000000220120.513:49
16P. Dorofeyev000-10000103-17:18
21B. Howden000020312010.513:56
22C. Smith000000400001.010:03
26N. Dowd000000302010.811:17
42B. Bowman00002001101-14:04
48T. Hertl000-100501030.517:39
49I. Barbashev000-100201010.014:31
55K. Kolesar00000031000-10:40
61M. Stone000-200110031.019:10
93M. Marner000-100001010.322:23
3B. McNabb00002021203-18:37
4R. Andersson000-10002000-21:15
5J. Lauzon00000031202-15:40
6K. Korczak00000001100-13:03
15N. Hanifin000-20001302-20:23
27S. Theodore00000000113-20:37
33A. Hill.9582423119/2014/400/0059:29
40A. Schmid.0000000/000/000/0000:00
OVRTeamGFGAGDL10StrkPTS
4th
BUF
235200+359-1-0W188
15th
VGK
220209+114-6-0W276
Playoff SpotWildcardOut of Playoffs

Season Stats Comparison

VGKStatBUF
3.27Goals/Game3.45
3.03Goals Against/Game2.99
28.4Shots/Game28.2
25.5%Power Play %20.7%
82.3%Penalty Kill %82.9%
51.0%Faceoff %45.3%

Goaltenders

VGK

1
Akira Schmid

Akira Schmid

5 GP

Record

16-9-6

GAA

2.61

EV%

.818

PK%

.000

SV%

.893

2
Adin Hill

Adin Hill

5 GP

Record

8-6-3

GAA

3.05

EV%

.910

PK%

.909

SV%

.871

BUF

1
Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

5 GP

Record

19-8-3

GAA

2.62

EV%

.924

PK%

.885

SV%

.913

2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

5 GP

Record

15-8-2

GAA

2.71

EV%

.911

PK%

.923

SV%

.905

Hot Players (Last 5 Games)

VGK

1
P. Dorofeyev

P. Dorofeyev

R | 5GP

G

5

A

3

P

8

PPP

3

PPG

3

P/G

1.60

2
M. Marner

M. Marner

R | 5GP

G

2

A

5

P

7

PPP

2

PPG

0

P/G

1.40

3
J. Eichel

J. Eichel

C | 5GP

G

3

A

2

P

5

PPP

1

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

BUF

1
R. Dahlin

R. Dahlin

D | 5GP

G

1

A

6

P

7

PPP

2

PPG

0

P/G

1.40

2
J. Zucker

J. Zucker

L | 5GP

G

4

A

2

P

6

PPP

2

PPG

1

P/G

1.20

3
J. Quinn

J. Quinn

R | 5GP

G

4

A

2

P

6

PPP

1

PPG

1

P/G

1.20

Avg Goals Scored Per Period

1.040.87
1.250.96
1.101.34
1st Period2nd Period3rd Period
BUF
VGK

Head-to-Head

Performance in Last 10 Matchups

Head-to-Head Wins

BUF (6)VGK (4)

Goals / Game

BUF
3.40
VGK
3.10

Goals Against / Game

BUF
3.10
VGK
3.40

Shots / Game

BUF
12.4
VGK
10.5

Power Play %

BUF
42.9%
VGK
16.7%

Penalty Kill %

BUF
83.3%
VGK
57.1%

Face-Off %

BUF
62.3%
VGK
37.7%

Scratches

VGK

1
Reilly Smith

Reilly Smith

2
Brandon Saad

Brandon Saad

3
Ben Hutton

Ben Hutton

BUF

1
Luke Schenn

Luke Schenn

2
Tanner Pearson

Tanner Pearson

3
Alex Tuch

Alex Tuch

4
Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

5
Michael Kesselring

Michael Kesselring

6
Josh Dunne

Josh Dunne

PIM Leaders (Season)

VGK

1
Jeremy Lauzon

Jeremy Lauzon

D

PIM

78

2
Keegan Kolesar

Keegan Kolesar

R

PIM

51

3
Tomas Hertl

Tomas Hertl

C

PIM

39

BUF

1
Peyton Krebs

Peyton Krebs

C

PIM

76

2
Rasmus Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

D

PIM

64

3
Michael Kesselring

Michael Kesselring

D

PIM

50

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