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Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Vegas Golden KnightsVegasGolden KnightsAway

2–3

Final

SOG 29–28

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

MSG-B · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 29-28.

Goals came from Jason Zucker, Owen Power, Tage Thompson, Ivan Barbashev and Pavel Dorofeyev.

Alex Lyon made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 25 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK020229
Buffalo SabresBUF120328

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAlex LyonBUF · .931 SV%
  3. ★3rd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 0G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
1:06

1–3 · 2nd 6:50 · Barbashev. Byram was 1:06 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 4:02 · Zucker

Theodore 0:06

0–2 BUF

2nd 0:46 · Power

Saad 0:06

0–3 BUF

2nd 5:44 · Thompson

Lauzon 0:41

1–3 VGK

2nd 6:50 · Barbashev

Long shift: Byram 1:06

2–3 VGK

2nd 8:27 · Dorofeyev

Norris 0:53

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

VGKBUF
29Shots on goal28
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
28Hits15
10Blocked shots10
14Giveaways15
5Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 1st 07:39Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 12:50Rasmus Andersson · delaying game puck over glass2 min

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