The Vegas Golden Knights were decisively beaten by the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 2, on December 15, 2023.
Final
2nd period
BUF
VGK
Dylan Cozens (EV) assisted by Casey Mittelstadt
1
0
Ivan Barbashev (PP) assisted by Nicolas Roy
1
1
3rd period
BUF
VGK
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Paul Cotter
1
2
Casey Mittelstadt (EV) assisted by Dylan Cozens and Connor Clifton
2
2
Zach Benson (EV) assisted by Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson
3
2
Alex Tuch (EV) assisted by Zach Benson
4
2
Casey Mittelstadt (EV-EN) assisted by Dylan Cozens and Rasmus Dahlin
5
2
Sabres
Golden Knights
Goals
5
2
Shots
27
35
Penalty Minutes
8
2
Power-Play Goals
0
1
Power-Play Opportunities
1
4
Faceoff Wins
30
24
Hits
30
44
Giveaways
4
8
Takeaways
9
8
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Levi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33 | .943 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z. Benson | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | |
C. Clifton | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:54 | ||
D. Cozens | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:16 |
R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23:51 | |
R. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:42 | ||
H. Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:43 | ||
T. Jost | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:58 |
C. Mittelstadt | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
B. Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:09 | ||
K. Okposo | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 | ||
V. Olofsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | ||
JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:25 | |
O. Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:43 | |
E. Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 |
M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:18 | |
T. Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 |
A. Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:47 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | .846 | 4 | 4.05 | 0 | 59 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Amadio | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
I. Barbashev | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
W. Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:30 | |
P. Cotter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:48 |
J. Eichel | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:54 |
N. Hague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 | |
B. Howden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
B. Hutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 | ||
W. Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
K. Kolesar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 | |
J. Marchessault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 | |
B. McNabb | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 | |
B. Pachal | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | |
A. Pietrangelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23:32 | |
N. Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:17 |
C. Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:52 |
M. Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 | |
Z. Whitecloud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 |
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G/GP
3.29
6th
GA/GP
2.73
7th
PP%
28.0
2nd
PK%
76.7
21st
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