Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Friday, December 15, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena
TVAS · MSG-B · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Friday, December 15, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 35-27.
Casey Mittelstadt scored twice. Dylan Cozens, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Zach Benson and Alex Tuch also scored.
Devon Levi made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Dylan Cozens (5)Casey Mittelstadt (17)1–007:42 BUF
Ivan Barbashev (7)Nicolas Roy (8)1–113:44 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Jack Eichel (13)Paul Cotter (7)1–203:22 VGK
Casey Mittelstadt (7)Dylan Cozens (10), Connor Clifton (7)2–205:01 BUF
Zach Benson (4)Alex Tuch (10), Mattias Samuelsson (3)3–209:29 BUF
Alex Tuch (9)Zach Benson (6)4–211:12 BUF- Casey Mittelstadt (8)Dylan Cozens (11), Rasmus Dahlin (18)5–217:19 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFVGK
27Shots on goal35
56%Faceoff %44%
0/1Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes2
30Hits44
19Blocked shots12
4Giveaways8
9Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 06:52
Tage Thompson · slashing2 min - 2nd 03:35Brett Murray · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:34
Chandler Stephenson · roughing removing opponents helmet2 min - 2nd 13:14Mattias Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:46Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 26:18 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:51 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:23 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 18:25 |
| 81Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:09 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:43 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 27Devon LeviG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 19:54 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:48 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:26 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 23:32 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jiri PateraG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 59:13 |