Buffalo Sabres 2, Vegas Golden Knights 0: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights, Buffalo Sabres 2 to Vegas Golden Knights 0, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 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.
NHLTuesday, March 17, 2026
DateMar 17, 2026
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN+
Attendance17,844
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top performers
Vegas Golden Knights
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
42-20-6Record31-23-14
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
4-4Road record / home record6-3
LLWLWLast 5WWWLL
L2StreakW3
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:17 | 1:23 | 2:30 | 13:24 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 11:57 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13:30 | 2:37 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 9:22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 10:22 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 10:03 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:58 | 1:23 | 2:42 | 12:53 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:28 | 2:37 | 0:00 | 10:51 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:46 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 14:35 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 | 2:37 | 0:00 | 16:44 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:55 | 2:37 | 0:00 | 12:18 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 | 1:53 | 1:32 | 18:06 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:51 | 2:07 | 1:28 | 19:16 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 | 0:12 | 1:02 | 20:27 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 | 0:00 | 3:59 | 18:21 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stanley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 | 0:00 | 4:01 | 12:17 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 60:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:31 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:18 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 12:39 | 18 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:17 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 10:24 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:06 | 4:39 | 0:36 | 14:51 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 17:39 | 4:40 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 | 1:20 | 0:12 | 12:24 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 9:33 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:23 | 4:47 | 2:58 | 14:38 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:49 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 12:26 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 9:12 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:10 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Andersson | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:15 | 1:21 | 2:53 | 17:01 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:23 | 0:00 | 2:16 | 18:07 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:03 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 13:57 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 18:12 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Shea Theodore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:37 | 1:13 | 0:43 | 18:41 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 59:29 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Buffalo Sabres won, 2-0, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Buffalo Sabres 2, Vegas Golden Knights 0.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Josh Norris (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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