Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena
MSG-B · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 29-25.
Goals came from Josh Doan and Josh Norris.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 23 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Josh Doan (22)Unassisted1–018:02 BUF
3rd period
Josh Norris (10)Peyton Krebs (22), Mattias Samuelsson (25)2–019:02 BUF · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
GoalBUF on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest
1–0 BUF
1st 18:02 · Doan
Stone 0:24
Fresh legsStone 0:24
2–0 BUF
3rd 19:02 · EN · Norris
Eichel 1:34
Empty netEichel 1:34
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
BUFVGK
25Shots on goal29
49%Faceoff %51%
0/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits28
14Blocked shots12
12Giveaways19
6Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 01:30
Owen Power · hooking2 min - 1st 13:08
Braeden Bowman · holding2 min - 2nd 01:23Brayden McNabb · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 08:37Bowen Byram · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 03:46Sam Carrick · boarding2 min
- 3rd 09:01Noah Ostlund · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:01Brett Howden · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Josh NorrisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 13:28 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:30 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:17 |
| 10Sam CarrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 48Tyson KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:31 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:51 |
| 64Logan StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| 92Colten EllisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 22Cole SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 42Braeden BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:23 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 5Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:23 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | L | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 59:29 |
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |