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Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

1–3

Final

SOG 24–33

Vegas Golden KnightsVegasGolden KnightsHome

MSG-B · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 33-24.

Goals came from Tanner Laczynski, Mark Stone, Jack Eichel and Jason Zucker.

Adin Hill made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 30 of 33.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF001124
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK201333

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMark StoneVGK · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTanner LaczynskiVGK · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJack EichelVGK · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:35

1–3 · 3rd 17:42 · Zucker. McNabb was 1:35 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceVGK on ice

0–1 VGK

1st 4:53 · Laczynski

Krebs 0:49

0–2 VGK

1st 12:23 · Stone

Byram 0:51

0–3 VGK

3rd 7:44 · Eichel

Zucker 0:31

1–3 BUF

3rd 17:42 · Zucker

Stuck out there: McNabb 1:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFVGK
24Shots on goal33
57%Faceoff %43%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits19
10Blocked shots17
22Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 2nd 08:03Tomas Hertl · holding2 min
  • 2nd 13:35Dylan Cozens · holding2 min
  • 3rd 13:13Alex Tuch · boarding2 min
  • 3rd 16:13Keegan Kolesar · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 19:16Adin Hill · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min

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