National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Vegas 3, Buffalo 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 4, 2025
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Justin Kea, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Attendance: 18111
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Vegas 2013
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:53 - Golden Knights Tanner Laczynski (EV) Assists: Brett Howden , Zach Whitecloud
12:23 - Golden Knights Mark Stone (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel , Tanner Pearson
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
8:03 - Golden Knights Tomas Hertl (2) Holding
 13:35 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
7:44 - Golden Knights Jack Eichel (EV) Assists: Tanner Pearson , Noah Hanifin
17:42 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , JJ Peterka
Penalties
13:13 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Boarding
 16:13 - Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar (2) High sticking
 19:16 - Golden Knights Adin Hill (2) Delay of game
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 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 57:41 50:18 3:23 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 32 24:16 22:20 0:00 1:56 0 0 1 - - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 8:38 8:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 12:24 11:12 0:29 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 -2 0 3 25 21:44 18:00 3:44 0:00 1 0 1 - 2 1 67
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 12:55 11:42 0:00 1:13 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 14:37 13:29 0:35 0:33 0 0 - - 2 7 22
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 15:04 10:50 3:46 0:28 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 27 19:55 17:20 0:00 2:35 0 0 1 - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 25 19:25 18:25 0:27 0:33 0 0 1 1 14 7 67
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 31 23:44 21:42 0:35 1:27 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 30 25:28 21:50 3:38 0:00 0 0 2 3 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:16 8:59 0:00 1:17 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:17 9:45 0:00 1:32 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 26 20:42 16:24 3:31 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:01 10:57 0:00 2:04 0 0 1 - - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 22 17:31 13:53 3:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 16:56 14:32 1:32 0:52 0 0 - 3 - - -
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 10:26 10:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
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 60:00 51:47 4:00 4:13 0 0 - - - - -
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Whitecloud D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 13:39 13:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 20:15 16:45 0:00 3:30 0 0 4 2 - - -
Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 27 25:37 21:03 0:59 3:35 0 0 1 4 - - -
Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 +2 0 7 22 21:08 15:03 3:01 3:04 0 0 - - 4 11 27
Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 16:03 15:25 0:00 0:38 0 0 2 2 - - -
Noah Hanifin D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 26 23:16 20:58 1:35 0:43 0 0 - 5 - - -
Pavel Dorofeyev LW 0 0 0 E 0 5 18 18:11 15:33 2:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Howden C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 16 13:49 12:00 0:00 1:49 0 0 1 - 2 5 29
Cole Schwindt RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 8:24 8:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 3 2 60
Alexander Holtz RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:20 8:58 1:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 18:16 15:51 2:25 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tanner Laczynski C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 15 11:08 11:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 2 2 50
Jonas Rondbjerg RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 7:45 7:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 E 2 19 20:08 17:29 2:39 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Keegan Kolesar RW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 16 13:06 12:24 0:00 0:42 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mark Stone RW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 21 18:35 14:48 2:51 0:56 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Tanner Pearson LW 0 2 2 +2 0 2 19 15:43 14:34 1:09 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
William Karlsson C 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 20:24 17:08 1:21 1:55 0 0 - - 9 5 64
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer L (1-5-1) 33 30 3 .909 0 57:41
Vegas
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Adin Hill W (17-6-2) 24 23 1 .958 2 60:00