Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-03-03

NHL · Mar 3, 2026

Vegas Golden Knights28-19-14

2–3

Final

Buffalo Sabres36-19-6

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The Sabres slipped past the Golden Knights 3–2 at KeyBank Center. T. Thompson took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	0	2	0	2	29
Sabres	1	2	0	3	28

★ Three Stars

1T. ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A

2A. LyonBUF

3R. DahlinBUF · 0G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

04:02

Jason Zucker (Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin)

0-1

2nd Period

00:46

Owen Power (Noah Ostlund)

0-2

05:44

Tage Thompson (Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin)

0-3

06:50

Ivan Barbashev (Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel)

1-3

08:27

Pavel Dorofeyev (Reilly Smith)

2-3

Boxscore

Golden Knights2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ivan BarbashevL	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	17:41
Pavel DorofeyevR	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	20:48
Jack EichelC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	21:19
Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	24:29
Reilly SmithR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	19:04
Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17:26
Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18:15
Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	11:47
Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	7	1	11:40
Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	22:11
Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3	19:10
Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	1	20:36
Cole ReinhardtL	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	11:01
Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	8:14
Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	13:01
Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	18:16
Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	1	15:59
Raphael LavoieC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8:34

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Akira SchmidStart	28	25	3	.893	58:29
Adin Hill	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Rasmus DahlinD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	3	1	25:50
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	21:07
Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	13:36
Owen PowerD	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	2	22:54
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	15:51
Noah OstlundC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	14:19
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1	19:36
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	9:46
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	16:32
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	8:34
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	20:04
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8:57
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:35
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	15:05
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	10:58
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	1	25:15
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11:19
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	22:42

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	29	27	2	.931	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00