Sabres 5-2 Golden Knights (16 Dec, 2023) Box Score

Buffalo Sabres

13-15-3, 7-8-2 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	4	5
VGK	0	1	1	2

Vegas Golden Knights

20-6-5, 11-3-2 home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#37
Brett MurrayB. Murray#81
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Ryan JohnsonR. Johnson#33
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:38	1:19	0:00	16:19	0	0	0.0
1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	15:16	0:16	0:10	14:50	9	6	60.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:32	0:00	4:19	7:13	2	2	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	1	1	22	15:58	0:00	2:36	13:22	7	6	53.8
2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:38	0:34	0:09	15:55	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	8	5:09	0:06	0:00	5:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	14:29	0:50	0:26	13:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:43	0:00	0:00	6:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	20	18:25	1:54	0:00	16:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	20	15:21	0:00	2:20	13:01	1	0	100.0
0	0	2	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	25	19:23	1:43	0:57	16:43	9	8	52.9
1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	18:47	1:09	1:59	15:39	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	23	15:54	0:00	3:43	12:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	6	0	0	4	1	0	32	23:51	1:36	2:20	19:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	17	11:42	0:00	0:00	11:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	22	18:43	0:05	0:54	17:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	21:43	0:23	1:36	19:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	1	0	2	1	2	3	0	1	33	26:18	0:00	4:27	21:51	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devon LeviD. Levi#27

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	2	33	.943	24	8	1	0	0	60:00	0

Vegas Golden Knights


forwards
Michael AmadioM. Amadio#22
Ivan BarbashevI. Barbashev#49
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Paul CotterP. Cotter#43
Jack EichelJ. Eichel#9
Brett HowdenB. Howden#21
William KarlssonW. Karlsson#71
Keegan KolesarK. Kolesar#55
Jonathan MarchessaultJ. Marchessault#81
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#10
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#20
Mark StoneM. Stone#61
defensemen
Nicolas HagueN. Hague#14
Ben HuttonB. Hutton#17
Brayden McNabbB. McNabb#3
Brayden PachalB. Pachal#94
Alex PietrangeloA. Pietrangelo#7
Zach WhitecloudZ. Whitecloud#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:56	1:44	0:00	13:12	1	0	100.0
1	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	18	15:25	2:05	0:00	13:20	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:30	0:00	0:00	12:30	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	6	2	0	16	13:48	0:00	0:00	13:48	0	1	0.0
1	0	-1	8	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	21	19:54	4:40	0:51	14:23	7	7	50.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	15	13:31	0:00	0:53	12:38	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	17:54	4:00	0:48	13:06	4	8	33.3
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	18	12:26	0:00	0:10	12:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	18	16:39	4:24	0:00	12:15	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	20	14:17	2:00	0:15	12:02	4	6	40.0
0	0	-2	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	15	13:52	2:28	0:00	11:24	7	5	58.3
0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	20:08	4:30	1:01	14:37	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	24	21:45	0:00	0:55	20:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	19:15	1:48	0:00	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:22	0:00	1:04	13:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	16	13:11	0:00	0:00	13:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	25	23:32	4:41	1:04	17:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	24	21:22	0:05	0:55	20:22	0	0	0.0

goalies
Logan ThompsonL. Thompson#36

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	4	22	.846	20	1	1	0	0	59:13	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	0	1	4	5
	Golden Knights	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			BUF	VGK
7:42		Dylan Cozens (5) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt (17)	1	0
13:44		Ivan Barbashev (7) (Power Play) Assists: Nicolas Roy (8)	1	1

3rd Period		BUF	VGK
3:22	Jack Eichel (13) Assists: Paul Cotter (7)	1	2
5:01	Casey Mittelstadt (7) Assists: Dylan Cozens (10), Connor Clifton (7)	2	2
9:29	Zach Benson (4) Assists: Alex Tuch (10), Mattias Samuelsson (3)	3	2
11:12	Alex Tuch (9) Assists: Zach Benson (6)	4	2
17:19	Casey Mittelstadt (8) (Empty Net) Assists: Dylan Cozens (11), Rasmus Dahlin (18)	5	2

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Sabres
5
Golden Knights
2

Game 1

16/12

Golden Knights
2
Sabres
7

Game 2

3/3

T-Mobile Arena

3:00 AM, 16 December 2023

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 18,008

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Furman South

Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz
Libor Suchanek

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	11	5	1	23
Toronto	10	6	2	22
Boston	8	8	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	6	1	17
Ottawa	8	7	1	17
Buffalo	8	8	1	17
Detroit	7	7	1	15
Montreal	5	10	2	12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	10	4	2	22
Los Angeles	9	6	3	21
Vancouver	8	4	3	19
Edmonton	9	7	1	19
Calgary	8	6	3	19
Seattle	8	8	1	17
San Jose	5	10	3	13
Anaheim	5	8	2	12

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Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

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