National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Vegas 3
When: 12:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 15, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Jon McIsaac, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 16770
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Vegas 11103
Buffalo 0121SO4
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:07 - Golden Knights Brett Howden (EV) Assists: Tanner Pearson , Ivan Barbashev
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
12:06 - Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev (EV) Assists: Tomas Hertl
12:13 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (EV) Assists: Jacob Bryson , Bowen Byram
Penalties
5:46 - Golden Knights Adin Hill (2) Delay of game
 9:25 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Instigating
 9:25 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (5) Fighting
 9:25 - Golden Knights Brett Howden (5) Fighting
 9:25 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (10) Instigator - Misconduct
 11:47 - Sabres Jordan Greenway (5) Fighting
 11:47 - Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
9:53 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Unassisted
17:27 - Golden Knights Jack Eichel (EV) Assists: Mark Stone , Alex Pietrangelo
19:46 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Bowen Byram , Tage Thompson
Penalties
9:36 - Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev (2) Tripping
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
Vegas Golden Knights
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Adin Hill G 0 0 0 2 0 65:00 60:43 2:00 2:17 0 0 - - - - -
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25 22:16 22:05 0:00 0:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 19:50 17:44 0:00 2:06 0 0 2 2 - - -
Kaedan Korczak D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 15:01 15:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Alex Pietrangelo D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 27 20:58 18:12 0:39 2:07 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 24 23:04 19:36 1:21 2:07 0 0 - - 9 18 33
Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 E 0 20 16:02 15:15 0:37 0:10 0 0 2 3 1 12 8
Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 24 17:01 16:47 0:04 0:10 0 0 - 1 - - -
Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 28:05 26:44 1:21 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Pavel Dorofeyev LW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 19 14:31 13:10 1:21 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Reilly Smith RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:28 14:45 0:35 0:08 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brandon Saad LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:56 12:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Brett Howden C 1 0 1 E 5 1 20 15:10 15:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 5 8 38
Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 20 15:06 13:45 1:21 0:00 0 0 1 1 3 8 27
Ivan Barbashev C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 17:19 16:40 0:39 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Keegan Kolesar RW 0 0 0 E 5 2 17 12:34 12:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - 0 1 0
Mark Stone RW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 23 22:28 18:56 1:23 2:09 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tanner Pearson LW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 17 12:00 12:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Victor Olofsson RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 12:54 12:15 0:39 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 63:33 59:16 2:17 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 25 23:54 22:59 0:10 0:45 0 0 2 - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 19:18 19:04 0:12 0:02 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 -1 5 0 26 17:09 15:58 0:00 1:11 0 0 5 1 0 1 0
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 +2 0 4 26 20:12 18:05 2:07 0:00 1 0 2 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 17 0 19 12:09 12:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 5 2 71
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 E 0 2 10 8:08 6:20 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 9:57 9:45 0:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 23 18:16 16:55 0:00 1:21 0 0 4 - - - -
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 19:48 19:40 0:04 0:04 0 0 - 4 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 -2 0 5 29 26:48 24:35 2:13 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21 14:52 14:05 0:00 0:47 0 0 7 - - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 9:04 9:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 5 1 83
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 29 22:05 20:23 0:29 1:13 0 0 - - 16 4 80
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -2 0 5 29 22:57 20:52 2:05 0:00 0 0 2 - 12 7 63
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 17:43 16:28 0:00 1:15 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 16:30 15:56 0:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19 12:21 12:21 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 1 3 2 60
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 30 23:16 20:23 2:05 0:48 0 0 1 2 1 0 100
Goaltending
Vegas
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Adin Hill L (24-11-5) 37 34 3 .919 2 65:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (22-21-4) 19 16 3 .842 0 63:33
Shootout
VEG Score Score BUF
Victor Olofsson Tage Thompson
Jack Eichel Jack Quinn
Pavel Dorofeyev Alex Tuch
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