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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 04:02 BUF Jason Zucker (16) — Ryan McLeod (32) , Rasmus Dahlin (40) EV 0-1
2 00:46 BUF Owen Power (5) — Noah Ostlund (11) EV 0-2
2 05:44 BUF Tage Thompson (33) — Alex Tuch (28) , Rasmus Dahlin (41) EV 0-3
2 06:50 VGK Ivan Barbashev (18) — Shea Theodore (21) , Jack Eichel (48) EV 1-3
2 08:27 VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (29) — Reilly Smith (9) EV 2-3

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 07:39 BUF Alex Tuch Tripping 2
3 12:50 VGK Rasmus Andersson Delaying Game Puck Over Glass 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Vegas Golden Knights Buffalo Sabres
Shots 29 28
Faceoff % 44.3% 55.7%
Hits 28 15
Blocked Shots 10 10
Giveaways 13 14
Takeaways 5 9

Skaters

Vegas Golden Knights

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 24 21:19
10 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 20 13:01
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 23 20:48
19 Reilly Smith R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 23 19:04
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 08:14
23 Cole Reinhardt L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 15 11:01
36 Raphael Lavoie C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 08:34
42 Braeden Bowman R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 18:15
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 0 16 11:47
49 Ivan Barbashev L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 22 17:41
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 1 1 0 19 11:40
93 Mitch Marner R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 24 22:11
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 29 20:36
4 Rasmus Andersson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 1 0 27 18:16
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 1 1 0 25 15:59
6 Kaedan Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 23 17:26
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 3 1 1 25 19:10
27 Shea Theodore D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 33 24:29

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 09:46
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 24 15:35
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 21 13:36
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 25 20:04
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 22 15:05
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 15 08:57
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 08:34
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 23 15:51
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 26 21:07
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 14:19
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 25 19:36
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 24 16:32
4 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 2 0 25 22:42
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 15 11:19
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 32 25:15
25 Owen Power D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 2 1 1 29 22:54
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 29 25:50
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 10:58

Goalies

Vegas Golden Knights

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
33 Adin Hill 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
40 Akira Schmid 28 25 3 .893 23/26 1/1 1/1 58:29

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
34 Alex Lyon 29 27 2 .931 26/28 1/1 0/0 60:00
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00