Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 19–37

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Golden Knights 37-19.

Goals came from Brett Howden, Pavel Dorofeyev, Ryan McLeod, Jason Zucker, Jack Eichel and Rasmus Dahlin.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	1	0	0	3	19
BUF	0	1	2	0	1	4	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brett Howden (18)Tanner Pearson (13), Ivan Barbashev (23)Malenstyn 1:00 into shift1–012:07 VGK

2nd period

Pavel Dorofeyev (27)Tomas Hertl (28)2–012:06 VGK
Ryan McLeod (15)Jacob Bryson (7), Bowen Byram (24)2–112:13 BUF

3rd period

Jason Zucker (19)Unassisted2–209:53 BUF · PPG
Jack Eichel (21)Mark Stone (41), Alex Pietrangelo (24)3–217:27 VGK
Rasmus Dahlin (12)Bowen Byram (25), Tage Thompson (25)Eichel 1:44 into shift3–319:46 BUF

SO period

Alex TuchUnassisted3–400:00 BUF

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:44

3–3 · 3rd 19:46 · Dahlin. Eichel was 1:44 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceBUF on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 VGK

1st 12:07 · Howden

Long shift: Malenstyn 1:00

Long shiftMalenstyn 1:00

2–0 VGK

2nd 12:06 · Dorofeyev

Power 0:45

NormalPower 0:45

2–1 BUF

2nd 12:13 · McLeod

McNabb 0:07

Fresh legsMcNabb 0:07

2–2 BUF

3rd 9:53 · PP · Zucker

Pietrangelo 0:34

Fresh legsPietrangelo 0:34

3–2 VGK

3rd 17:27 · Eichel

Dahlin 0:57

NormalDahlin 0:57

3–3 BUF

3rd 19:46 · Dahlin

Stuck out there: Eichel 1:44

Stuck out thereEichel 1:44

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

VGKBUF

19Shots on goal37

28%Faceoff %72%

0/1Power play1/2

14Penalty minutes22

22Hits36

14Blocked shots13

19Giveaways23

6Takeaways4

Penalties

2nd 05:46Adin Hill · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 09:25Peyton Krebs · instigator2 min
2nd 09:25Peyton Krebs · fighting5 min
2nd 09:25Brett Howden · fighting5 min
2nd 09:25Peyton Krebs · instigator misconduct10 min
2nd 11:47Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min
2nd 11:47Jordan Greenway · fighting5 min
3rd 09:36Pavel Dorofeyev · tripping2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	33	23:04
16Pavel DorofeyevL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	14:31
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	5	38	15:10
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	27	15:06
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	17:19
61Mark StoneR	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	22:28
70Tanner PearsonL	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	12:00
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	20:58
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	8	16:02
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	15:28
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:56
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	5	–	12:34
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:54
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	22:16
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	–	19:50
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	–	15:01
14Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	17:01
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	28:05

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG	O	37	34	3	.919	65:00
35Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

4Bowen ByramD	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	–	23:54
17Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	+2	4	2	0	0	–	20:12
71Ryan McLeodC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	80	22:05
72Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	-2	5	2	0	0	63	22:57
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	-2	5	1	2	0	–	26:48
78Jacob BrysonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:30
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	19:18
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	5	–	17:09
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17	71	12:09
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	75	08:08
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	09:57
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	3	7	0	0	–	14:52
48Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	83	09:04
81Sam LaffertyC	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	60	12:21
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	100	23:16
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	–	18:16
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	0	–	19:48
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	17:43

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	19	16	3	.842	63:33
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00