Buffalo Sabres 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3: final score and stats
Vegas Golden Knights beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 1 to Vegas Golden Knights 3, on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, January 4, 2025
DateJan 4, 2025
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN+
Attendance18,111
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
14-21-5Record27-9-3
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
4-5Road record / home record7-4
LLLWLLast 5LWWWW
L3StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresVegas Golden Knights
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveVegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:24 | 0:29 | 0:43 | 11:12 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:25 | 0:27 | 0:33 | 18:25 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 11:42 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 | 0:35 | 0:33 | 13:29 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 8:59 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:17 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 9:45 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:31 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 13:53 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:04 | 3:46 | 0:28 | 10:50 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:42 | 3:31 | 0:47 | 16:24 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:56 | 1:32 | 0:52 | 14:32 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 21:44 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 24:16 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 22:20 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:01 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 10:57 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 3 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 25:28 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 21:50 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:44 | 0:35 | 1:27 | 21:42 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:55 | 0:00 | 2:35 | 17:20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .909 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 57:41 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 15:33 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 | 3:01 | 3:04 | 15:03 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:08 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 17:29 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander Holtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 8:58 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:49 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 12:00 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:24 | 1:21 | 1:55 | 17:08 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 12:24 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tanner Laczynski | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Pearson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Rondbjerg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Schwindt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:35 | 2:51 | 0:56 | 14:48 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Hague | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 15:25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23:16 | 1:35 | 0:43 | 20:58 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 | 0:00 | 3:30 | 16:45 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:37 | 0:59 | 3:35 | 21:03 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 15:51 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:39 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .958 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Vegas Golden Knights won, 3-1, on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Buffalo Sabres 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (1 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Jack Eichel (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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