Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, October 8, 2018 · KeyBank Center
NHLN-US · TVAS · ATTSN-RM · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Monday, October 8, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 37-17.
Jack Eichel scored twice. Erik Haula, Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville and Jonathan Marchessault also scored.
Carter Hutton made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 13 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jack Eichel (2)Rasmus Ristolainen (2), Kyle Okposo (1)0–114:31 BUF · PPG
2nd period
- Jack Eichel (3)Sam Reinhart (2), Conor Sheary (1)0–204:58 BUF
Erik Haula (1)William Karlsson (1), Jonathan Marchessault (2)1–207:48 VGK
Marco Scandella (1)Kyle Okposo (2), Patrik Berglund (1)1–308:15 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Evan Rodrigues (1), Zemgus Girgensons (1)1–409:43 BUF
3rd period
Jonathan Marchessault (2)William Karlsson (2)2–410:47 VGK
Team stats
VGKBUF
37Shots on goal17
65%Faceoff %35%
0/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
29Hits17
6Blocked shots14
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 00:54
Paul Stastny · slashing2 min - 1st 13:45Paul Stastny · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:20
Casey Nelson · slashing2 min - 3rd 05:36Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:22 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:40 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:14 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:13 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:09 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 17 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 58:09 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 19:11 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 10Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:40 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 81Remi ElieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 60:00 |