Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Tuesday, October 17, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena
SN360 · ATTSN-RM · MSG-B
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. The Sabres outshot the Golden Knights 34-31.
Ryan O'Reilly scored twice and David Perron scored twice. Oscar Lindberg, Alex Tuch, Reilly Smith, Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane also scored.
Malcolm Subban made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan O'Reilly (1)Nathan Beaulieu (2), Evander Kane (4)1–006:24 BUF · PPG
Oscar Lindberg (3)Reilly Smith (3), William Karlsson (2)1–114:15 VGK
2nd period
Alex Tuch (2)Deryk Engelland (2), Brendan Leipsic (4)1–206:40 VGK
Reilly Smith (1)Brad Hunt (1), Colin Miller (1)1–318:37 VGK · PPG
3rd period
David Perron (1)James Neal (1), Cody Eakin (3)1–403:50 VGK- Ryan O'Reilly (2)Evander Kane (5), Jack Eichel (6)2–410:00 BUF · PPG
Sam Reinhart (2)Rasmus Ristolainen (3), Jason Pominville (4)3–418:02 BUF · PPG
Evander Kane (5)Jack Eichel (7), Jason Pominville (5)4–419:51 BUF
OT period
- David Perron (2)Luca Sbisa (4), James Neal (2)4–503:52 VGK
Team stats
BUFVGK
34Shots on goal31
52%Faceoff %48%
3/5Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes10
16Hits15
18Blocked shots17
5Giveaways6
9Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 05:50
David Perron · interference2 min - 1st 07:11
Benoit Pouliot · slashing2 min - 1st 10:20Cody Eakin · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:48Jack Eichel · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:35Rasmus Ristolainen · slashing2 min
- 2nd 13:56Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
- 2nd 17:27Marco Scandella · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:28Alex Tuch · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:51Deryk Engelland · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:15Reilly Smith · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 24:55 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 23:43 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 26:58 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 28:48 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:47 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:30 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:12 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:54 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | O | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 60:27 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 18James NealL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 57David PerronL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 13Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:39 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:24 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:46 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 87Vadim ShipachyovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | W | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 63:52 |
| 33Maxime LagaceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |