National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Vegas 2
When: 10:00 PM ET, Friday, December 15, 2023
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Furman South, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18008
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0145
Vegas 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:52 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
7:42 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (EV) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt
13:44 - Golden Knights Ivan Barbashev (PP) Assists: Nicolas Roy
Penalties
3:35 - Sabres Brett Murray (2) Slashing
 5:34 - Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson (2) Roughing
 13:14 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (2) Hooking
 18:46 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
3:22 - Golden Knights Jack Eichel (EV) Assists: Paul Cotter
5:01 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Connor Clifton
9:29 - Sabres Zach Benson (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Mattias Samuelsson
11:12 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Zach Benson
17:19 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (EV) (EN) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
None.
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:32 1:59 6:29 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 21 17:38 16:19 1:19 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 18:43 17:44 0:05 0:54 0 0 2 3 - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 11:32 7:13 0:00 4:19 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 2 1 22 15:58 13:22 0:00 2:36 0 0 4 1 7 6 54
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 14:29 13:13 0:50 0:26 0 0 2 - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +3 2 1 33 26:18 21:51 0:00 4:27 0 0 3 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 1 2 3 +3 0 3 20 15:16 14:50 0:16 0:10 0 0 1 - 9 6 60
Owen Power D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25 21:43 19:44 0:23 1:36 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 32 23:51 19:55 1:36 2:20 0 0 4 6 - - -
Ryan Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 11:42 11:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 2 1 3 +3 0 2 21 16:38 15:55 0:34 0:09 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 15:21 13:01 0:00 2:20 0 0 5 1 1 0 100
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 6:43 6:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 +2 2 4 25 19:23 16:43 1:43 0:57 0 0 1 - 9 8 53
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 15:54 12:11 0:00 3:43 0 0 4 2 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 +2 0 4 20 18:25 16:31 1:54 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brett Murray LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 8 5:09 5:03 0:06 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 24 18:47 15:39 1:09 1:59 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Vegas Golden Knights
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jiri Patera G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Logan Thompson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:13 50:45 6:29 1:59 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 21:22 20:22 0:05 0:55 0 0 3 2 - - -
Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 14:22 13:18 0:00 1:04 0 0 1 2 - - -
Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 25 23:32 17:47 4:41 1:04 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 8 21 19:54 14:23 4:40 0:51 0 0 3 - 7 7 50
Nicolas Roy C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 20 14:17 12:02 2:00 0:15 0 0 3 - 4 6 40
Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 21:45 20:50 0:00 0:55 0 0 2 3 - - -
Ben Hutton D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 19:15 17:27 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 15 13:52 11:24 2:28 0:00 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Brett Howden C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 13:31 12:38 0:00 0:53 0 0 2 1 1 1 50
Michael Amadio RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 14:56 13:12 1:44 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
William Carrier LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 12:30 12:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Cotter C 0 1 1 E 0 3 16 13:48 13:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 6 - 0 1 0
Ivan Barbashev C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 18 15:25 13:20 2:05 0:00 1 0 4 - 0 2 0
Keegan Kolesar RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 12:26 12:16 0:00 0:10 0 0 9 - - - -
Mark Stone RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21 20:08 14:37 4:30 1:01 0 0 2 - - - -
William Karlsson C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 20 17:54 13:06 4:00 0:48 0 0 1 - 4 8 33
Jonathan Marchessault RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 16:39 12:15 4:24 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Brayden Pachal D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 13:11 13:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 2 - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi W (9-7-2) 35 33 2 .943 0 60:00
Vegas
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Logan Thompson L (16-10-4) 26 22 4 .846 0 59:13