Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Tuesday, February 1, 2022 · T-Mobile Arena
ESPN+ · HULU
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 35–32.
Goals came from Reilly Smith, Brett Howden, Jonathan Marchessault, Keegan Kolesar, Alex Tuch, Mark Stone and John Hayden.
Robin Lehner made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 30 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Reilly Smith (12)William Karlsson (8), Jonathan Marchessault (12)0–100:33 VGK
Brett Howden (7)Mark Stone (20), Max Pacioretty (10)0–218:19 VGK
2nd period
Jonathan Marchessault (20)Nicolas Roy (14), William Karlsson (9)0–301:31 VGK ·
Keegan Kolesar (4)Brett Howden (9)0–404:27 VGK ·
Alex Tuch (5)Henri Jokiharju (8)1–416:00 BUF
3rd period
Mark Stone (8)Max Pacioretty (11), Nolan Patrick (4)1–501:14 VGK
John Hayden (1)Tage Thompson (16)2–512:23 BUF
Team stats
BUFVGK
3235
53%47%
0/21/4
1814
2615
1421
812
511
Penalties
- 14:23 into the first period
Mark Pysyk · holding2 min
- 19:55 into the first period
Alex Tuch · slashing2 min
- 2:58 into the second period
Brayden McNabb · hooking2 min
- 7:03 into the second period
Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
- 12:09 into the second period
Keegan Kolesar · hooking2 min
- 11:22 into the third period
Max Pacioretty · misconduct10 min
- 11:22 into the third period
Casey Fitzgerald · misconduct10 min
- 12:42 into the third period
Rasmus Asplund · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15John HaydenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 11:04 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 19:45 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:02 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:48 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:02 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:23 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 45Casey FitzgeraldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 21Brett HowdenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 41Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 26Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:35 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:40 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 42Daniil MiromanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 14:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Laurent BrossoitG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |