BUFFALO SABRES
Away · Win
2
Final/Wed Mar 18, 2026/T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
1012
0000

02/Scoring summary

2 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFVGK
18:02BUFJosh Doan (22)unassisted10

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFVGK
19:02BUFJosh Norris (10)Peyton Krebs, Mattias Samuelsson20

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
BUF
Away / Home
VGK
2
Goals
0
25
Shots on goal
29
13
Missed shots
19
14
Blocked shots
12
50
Shot attempts
63
19
Hits
28
29
Faceoffs won of 59
30
49.2%
Faceoff win %
50.8%
12
Giveaways
19
6
Takeaways
2
4
Penalties
3
8
Penalty minutes
6
2
Power plays
3

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Buffalo Sabres

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Mattias SamuelssonD011+1010422:20
Josh DoanR101+2031013:30
Josh NorrisC101+205026-513:28
Peyton KrebsC011+200101-111:10
Rasmus DahlinD000+1030022:51
Owen PowerD0000200121:41
Bowen ByramD0000211121:31
Tage ThompsonC000000221-319:21
Zach BensonL000005100-117:17
Ryan McLeodC000000108-816:58
Logan StanleyD000+1011116:18
Noah OstlundC000020003-415:46
Jack QuinnR0000021115:41
Jason ZuckerL000001100-114:55
Sam CarrickC000020107-713:40
Beck MalenstynL0000004212:30
Zach MetsaD000+1020011:53
Tyson KozakC000001403-011:10
Skaters2248251914

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen292901.00060:00
Colten Ellis

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Vegas Golden Knights

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Mitch MarnerR000-101001-222:23
Rasmus AnderssonD000-1000221:15
Shea TheodoreD0000030020:37
Noah HanifinD000-2020120:23
Jack EichelC000-202003-820:06
Mark StoneR000-203111-019:10
Brayden McNabbD0000232118:37
Tomas HertlC000-1035010-917:39
Pavel DorofeyevR000-1030017:18
Jeremy LauzonD0000023115:40
Ivan BarbashevL000-101200-214:31
NHL 84838900000210114:04
Brett HowdenC000022311-113:56
Colton SissonsC000002226-513:49
Kaedan KorczakD0000000113:03
Nic DowdC000001307-211:17
Keegan KolesarR0000003110:40
Cole SmithL000000401-010:03
Skaters0006292812

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Adin Hill24231.95859:29
Akira Schmid

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st01:30BUFOwen PowerHooking2Ivan Barbashev
1st13:08VGKNHL 8483890Holding2Zach Benson
2nd01:23VGKBrayden McNabbHigh-sticking2Tage Thompson
2nd08:37BUFBowen ByramCross-checking2Tomas Hertl
3rd03:46BUFSam CarrickBoarding2Rasmus Andersson
3rd09:01BUFNoah OstlundRoughing2Brayden McNabb
3rd09:01VGKBrett HowdenRoughing2Noah Ostlund

07/Game

Date
Wed Mar 18, 2026
Venue
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025021075

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 1 player is not in the player index and appears by NHL id rather than under an invented name.