Sat, Jan 4, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Buffalo Sabres 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 64% of the time.
Play-by-play
Model-basedEvery event the NHL recorded. Goals show how much they moved the win probability, and who was on the ice.
- P1 0:00Period start
- P1 0:20Shot by Zucker, saved by Hill
- P1 0:53Shot by Theodore, saved by Reimer
- P1 2:40Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill
- P1 2:59Shot by Eichel, saved by Reimer
- P1 3:28Shot by Pietrangelo, saved by Reimer
- P1 4:51Shot by Howden, saved by Reimer
- P1 4:53Goal by Laczynski (Howden, Whitecloud)+10 pts WP
On ice: VGK Kolesar, Howden, Laczynski, Hague, Whitecloud · BUF Dahlin, Krebs, Byram, Peterka, Benson
- P1 7:10Shot by Theodore, saved by Reimer
- P1 10:34Shot by Clifton, saved by Hill
- P1 11:48Shot by Peterka, saved by Hill
- P1 12:01Shot by Pietrangelo, saved by Reimer
- P1 12:23Goal by Stone (Eichel, Pearson)+12 pts WP
On ice: VGK McNabb, Stone, Pearson, Hanifin, Eichel · BUF Zucker, Aube-Kubel, Dahlin, Byram, Cozens
- P1 12:52Shot by Power, saved by Hill
- P1 14:34Shot by Pietrangelo, saved by Reimer
- P1 14:45Shot by Hanifin, saved by Reimer
- P1 17:28Shot by Dorofeyev, saved by Reimer
- P1 17:41Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill
- P1 18:11Shot by Howden, saved by Reimer
- P1 18:52Shot by Eichel, saved by Reimer
- P1 19:57Shot by Karlsson, saved by Reimer
- P1 0:00Period end
- P2 0:00Period start
- P2 0:22Shot by Pearson, saved by Reimer
- P2 0:57Shot by Karlsson, saved by Reimer
- P2 0:57Shot by Dorofeyev, saved by Reimer
- P2 3:09Shot by Pietrangelo, saved by Reimer
- P2 3:33Shot by Eichel, saved by Reimer
- P2 4:47Shot by Dorofeyev, saved by Reimer
- P2 7:26Shot by Benson, saved by Hill
- P2 8:03Hertl: Holding (2 min)
On ice: VGK McNabb, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Dorofeyev · BUF Dahlin, Krebs, Byram, Quinn, Benson
- P2 9:22Shot by Eichel, saved by Reimer4v5
- P2 11:58Shot by Pearson, saved by Reimer
- P2 13:35Cozens: Holding (2 min)
On ice: VGK McNabb, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Dorofeyev · BUF Zucker, Thompson, Samuelsson, Byram, Cozens
- P2 15:52Shot by Cozens, saved by Hill
- P2 16:34Shot by Kolesar, saved by Reimer
- P2 16:40Shot by Howden, saved by Reimer
- P2 17:25Shot by Hanifin, saved by Reimer
- P2 17:36Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill
- P2 18:05Shot by Quinn, saved by Hill
- P2 18:57Shot by Dorofeyev, saved by Reimer
- P2 0:00Period end
- P3 0:00Period start
- P3 0:28Shot by Eichel, saved by Reimer
- P3 1:45Shot by Quinn, saved by Hill
- P3 2:30Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill
- P3 4:48Shot by Malenstyn, saved by Hill
- P3 4:51Shot by Aube-Kubel, saved by Hill
- P3 5:14Shot by Karlsson, saved by Reimer
- P3 6:52Shot by Benson, saved by Hill
- P3 7:11Shot by Rondbjerg, saved by Reimer
- P3 7:44Goal by Eichel (Pearson, Hanifin)+4 pts WP
On ice: VGK Pietrangelo, Stone, Pearson, Hanifin, Eichel · BUF Zucker, Thompson, Samuelsson, Cozens, Power
- P3 9:01Shot by Peterka, saved by Hill
- P3 9:32Shot by McNabb, saved by Reimer
- P3 11:01Shot by Tuch, saved by Hill
- P3 11:12Shot by Eichel, saved by Reimer
- P3 12:17Shot by Dorofeyev, saved by Reimer
- P3 12:37Shot by Zucker, saved by Hill
- P3 13:13Tuch: Boarding (2 min)
On ice: VGK McNabb, Theodore, Rondbjerg, Schwindt, Holtz · BUF Tuch, Dahlin, Cozens, Peterka, Power
- P3 15:47Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill
- P3 16:13Kolesar: High sticking (2 min)
On ice: VGK McNabb, Theodore, Kolesar, Howden, Laczynski · BUF Zucker, Thompson, McLeod, Dahlin, Byram
- P3 17:07Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill4v5
- P3 17:42Goal by Zucker (Dahlin, Peterka)4v60 pts WP
On ice: VGK Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, Howden · BUF Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn, Peterka
- P3 18:24Shot by Cozens, saved by Hill5v6
- P3 19:16Hill: Delaying game illegal play by goalie (2 min)5v6
On ice: VGK McNabb, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Dorofeyev · BUF Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka
- P3 19:42Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill4v6
- P3 19:57Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill4v6
- P3 0:00Period end4v6
- P3 0:00Final4v6