Vegas Golden Knights 4, Buffalo Sabres 1: final score and stats
Vegas Golden Knights beat Buffalo Sabres, Vegas Golden Knights 4 to Buffalo Sabres 1, on Sunday, November 8, 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.
NHLSunday, November 8, 2026
DateNov 8, 2026
Start time3:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
12-5-2Record8-6-3
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
6-4Road record / home record4-5
WWWLLLast 5LWLWW
W3StreakL1
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.
Buffalo 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:45 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 13:36 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | 2:50 | 0:34 | 10:08 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Connelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:15 | 1:37 | 0:00 | 13:38 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 | 0:02 | 2:15 | 11:53 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 | 2:51 | 1:40 | 13:21 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 36.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:51 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 9:49 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 | 3:28 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:45 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 12:24 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| William Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 | 1:40 | 2:03 | 12:44 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:35 | 2:11 | 2:29 | 13:55 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:20 | 2:14 | 1:37 | 13:29 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 20:44 | 2:14 | 0:02 | 18:28 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coghlan | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:03 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Hanifin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 | 0:02 | 4:00 | 12:39 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 3:59 | 16:23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22:08 | 0:02 | 1:58 | 20:08 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:18 | 2:54 | 2:02 | 19:22 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .966 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 60:00 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 22:12 | 3:35 | 1:44 | 16:53 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:23 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 9:03 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 | 2:26 | 0:25 | 13:01 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:33 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 8:32 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:50 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 16:48 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:29 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 8:20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 9:52 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:57 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:23 | 3:38 | 1:19 | 13:26 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:43 | 3:29 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:04 | 3:51 | 0:02 | 15:11 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:52 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 11:27 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 23:14 | 3:18 | 1:35 | 18:21 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 22:04 | 2:42 | 1:39 | 17:43 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:05 | 0:00 | 3:28 | 20:37 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 | 0:00 | 2:20 | 15:26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Olen Zellweger | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:35 | 0:05 | 1:12 | 14:18 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .846 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres?
Vegas Golden Knights won, 4-1, on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres?
Vegas Golden Knights 4, Buffalo Sabres 1.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: Tomas Hertl (2 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Beck Malenstyn (1 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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