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Sat, Mar 15, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Buffalo Sabres 4 (SO)

Away

Vegas Golden Knights

3

Final

Shootout

Home

Buffalo Sabres

4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 62% of the time.

BUF winsVGK wins

Play-by-play

Model-based

Every event the NHL recorded. Goals show how much they moved the win probability, and who was on the ice.

  1. P1 0:00Period start
  2. P1 0:51Shot by Whitecloud, saved by Luukkonen
  3. P1 1:23Shot by Zucker, saved by Hill
  4. P1 2:47Shot by Kozak, saved by Hill
  5. P1 2:49Shot by Lafferty, saved by Hill
  6. P1 4:42Shot by Clifton, saved by Hill
  7. P1 4:51Shot by Clifton, saved by Hill
  8. P1 4:54Shot by Bryson, saved by Hill
  9. P1 5:16Shot by Kulich, saved by Hill
  10. P1 5:51Shot by Pearson, saved by Luukkonen
  11. P1 7:03Shot by Benson, saved by Hill
  12. P1 7:49Shot by Quinn, saved by Hill
  13. P1 8:28Shot by Pearson, saved by Luukkonen
  14. P1 9:04Shot by Kolesar, saved by Luukkonen
  15. P1 9:19Shot by Hanifin, saved by Luukkonen
  16. P1 9:52Shot by Zucker, saved by Hill
  17. P1 12:07Goal by Howden (Pearson, Barbashev)+17 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Lafferty, Malenstyn, Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin · VGK Pearson, Barbashev, Hanifin, Howden, Whitecloud

  18. P1 14:19Shot by Malenstyn, saved by Hill
  19. P1 17:29Shot by Pietrangelo, saved by Luukkonen
  20. P1 19:05Shot by Kulich, saved by Hill
  21. P1 0:00Period end
  22. P2 0:00Period start
  23. P2 0:45Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill
  24. P2 2:57Shot by Malenstyn, saved by Hill
  25. P2 4:04Shot by Stone, saved by Luukkonen
  26. P2 4:57Shot by Eichel, saved by Luukkonen
  27. P2 5:18Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill
  28. P2 5:46Hill: Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Samuelsson, Dahlin, Krebs, Quinn, Kulich · VGK McNabb, Saad, Hertl, Korczak, Dorofeyev

  29. P2 6:01Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill5v4
  30. P2 6:08Shot by Pietrangelo, saved by Luukkonen5v4
  31. P2 6:37Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill5v4
  32. P2 7:29Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill5v4
  33. P2 8:24Shot by McLeod, saved by Hill
  34. P2 9:25Krebs: Instigator (2 min)

    On ice: BUF Clifton, Krebs, Quinn, Power, Kulich · VGK Barbashev, Hanifin, Kolesar, Howden, Whitecloud

  35. P2 9:25Krebs: Fighting (5 min)

    On ice: BUF Clifton, Krebs, Quinn, Power, Kulich · VGK Barbashev, Hanifin, Kolesar, Howden, Whitecloud

  36. P2 9:25Howden: Fighting (5 min)

    On ice: BUF Clifton, Krebs, Quinn, Power, Kulich · VGK Barbashev, Hanifin, Kolesar, Howden, Whitecloud

  37. P2 9:25Krebs: Instigator misconduct (10 min)

    On ice: BUF Clifton, Krebs, Quinn, Power, Kulich · VGK Barbashev, Hanifin, Kolesar, Howden, Whitecloud

  38. P2 11:47Kolesar: Fighting (5 min)

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Dahlin, Power · VGK Pietrangelo, Pearson, Hertl, Kolesar, Hague

  39. P2 11:47Greenway: Fighting (5 min)

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Dahlin, Power · VGK Pietrangelo, Pearson, Hertl, Kolesar, Hague

  40. P2 12:06Goal by Dorofeyev (Hertl)+16 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn, Power · VGK Pietrangelo, Pearson, Hertl, Hague, Dorofeyev

  41. P2 12:13Goal by McLeod (Bryson, Byram)+16 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Zucker, Bryson, McLeod, Byram, Benson · VGK McNabb, Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Korczak

  42. P2 12:39Shot by Barbashev, saved by Luukkonen
  43. P2 13:03Shot by Stone, saved by Luukkonen
  44. P2 15:20Shot by McLeod, saved by Hill
  45. P2 17:40Shot by Quinn, saved by Hill
  46. P2 0:00Period end
  47. P3 0:00Period start
  48. P3 0:08Shot by Tuch, saved by Hill
  49. P3 1:51Shot by Olofsson, saved by Luukkonen
  50. P3 3:56Shot by Olofsson, saved by Luukkonen
  51. P3 5:45Shot by Hague, saved by Luukkonen
  52. P3 7:26Shot by Power, saved by Hill
  53. P3 7:38Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill
  54. P3 8:58Shot by Lafferty, saved by Hill
  55. P3 9:36Dorofeyev: Tripping (2 min)6v5

    On ice: BUF Clifton, Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Krebs, Benson · VGK Pietrangelo, Saad, Howden, Hague, Dorofeyev

  56. P3 9:46Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill5v4
  57. P3 9:53Goal by Zucker, unassisted5v4+35 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, McLeod, Dahlin · VGK Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Eichel

  58. P3 10:56Shot by Samuelsson, saved by Hill
  59. P3 12:17Shot by Olofsson, saved by Luukkonen
  60. P3 12:32Shot by Lafferty, saved by Hill
  61. P3 14:00Shot by Zucker, saved by Hill
  62. P3 15:44Shot by Thompson, saved by Hill
  63. P3 15:47Shot by Bryson, saved by Hill
  64. P3 16:42Shot by Kolesar, saved by Luukkonen
  65. P3 17:06Shot by Malenstyn, saved by Hill
  66. P3 17:27Goal by Eichel (Stone, Pietrangelo)+46 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin · VGK Pietrangelo, Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Hague

  67. P3 19:29Shot by Quinn, saved by Hill6v5
  68. P3 19:46Goal by Dahlin (Byram, Thompson)6v5+51 pts WP

    On ice: BUF Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, McLeod, Dahlin, Byram · VGK Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Eichel, Howden

  69. P3 0:00Period end
  70. OT 0:00Period start
  71. OT 3:40Shot by Dahlin, saved by Hill3v3
  72. OT 5:00Period end3v3
  73. SO Period start
  74. SO Goal by Olofsson, unassistedother
  75. SO Goal by Quinn, unassistedother
  76. SO Shot by Eichel, saved by Luukkonenother
  77. SO Goal by Tuch, unassistedother
  78. SO Shot by Dorofeyev, saved by Luukkonenother
  79. SO Period endother
  80. SO Finalother