Vegas Golden Knights 3, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights 3 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights.
NHLSaturday, March 15, 2025
DateMar 15, 2025
Start time12:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance16,770
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
39-19-8Record26-33-6
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
6-4Road record / home record4-6
LWWWWLast 5LLLWL
L1StreakL3
Team stats
Vegas Golden KnightsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Vegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 16:40 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:31 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 13:10 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:04 | 1:21 | 2:07 | 19:36 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:06 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 13:45 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:10 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Pearson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Roy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 | 0:37 | 0:10 | 15:15 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:56 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 0:35 | 0:08 | 14:45 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:28 | 1:23 | 2:09 | 18:56 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:01 | 0:04 | 0:10 | 16:47 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28:05 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 26:44 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 15:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:01 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 2 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 19:50 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 17:44 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:58 | 0:39 | 2:07 | 18:12 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 22:05 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .919 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 | 0:12 | 0:02 | 19:04 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 17:09 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 15:58 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:04 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:09 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:08 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 6:20 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 12:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 14:52 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 14:05 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:05 | 0:29 | 1:13 | 20:23 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:57 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 9:45 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 22:57 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 20:52 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:16 | 2:05 | 0:48 | 20:23 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:12 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 18:05 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 15:56 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23:54 | 0:10 | 0:45 | 22:59 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17:43 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 16:28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 26:48 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 24:35 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:48 | 0:04 | 0:04 | 19:40 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 18:16 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 16:55 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .842 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 63:33 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres?
Vegas Golden Knights 3, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: Pavel Dorofeyev (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (1 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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