Vegas Golden Knights 2, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights 2 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights.
NHLTuesday, March 3, 2026
DateMar 3, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
28-19-14Record36-19-6
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
6-4Road record / home record4-6
WWWWLLast 5LLWLW
W4StreakL2
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 16:39 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 | 0:57 | 0:00 | 17:18 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 19:48 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 | 1:08 | 0:57 | 19:14 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 42.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 11:47 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 10:43 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 1 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 11:40 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 11:39 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Raphael Lavoie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:34 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:11 | 1:08 | 1:05 | 19:58 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Reinhardt | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:01 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8:14 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 8:12 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13:01 | 0:52 | 0:55 | 11:14 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:04 | 0:51 | 1:03 | 17:10 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:16 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 17:17 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Hanifin | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:10 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 18:28 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:26 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 17:22 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 15:59 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 15:18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20:36 | 0:04 | 1:19 | 19:13 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:29 | 0:48 | 1:18 | 22:23 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .893 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 58:29 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | -1 | 9:46 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 9:06 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:34 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 8:00 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20:04 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 19:58 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8:57 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 7:40 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:51 | 0:47 | 1:24 | 13:40 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:35 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 14:22 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:19 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:07 | 1:13 | 0:02 | 19:52 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 18:49 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:36 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:42 | 0:47 | 1:02 | 20:53 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25:50 | 1:13 | 0:56 | 23:41 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:58 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 22:54 | 0:47 | 0:40 | 21:27 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:15 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 23:56 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres?
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Buffalo Sabres 3.
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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