Buffalo Sabres @ Vegas Golden Knights

21-15-4, 9-10-2 Away

17-11-12, 8-6-6 Home

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	10	6	3	1	2.82	.906
U. Luukkonen	7	6	1	0	2.58	.901
C. Ellis	4	3	0	0	3.25	.895

Golden Knights

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Schmid	11	4	5	2	2.52	.894
C. Hart	4	3	3	0	3.28	.876
A. Hill	1	0	2	0	2.73	.888

T-Mobile Arena

2:00 AM, 18 March 2026

Las Vegas, NV

BUF

VGK

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

37PTS

20G

17A

Jack EichelC #9

42PTS

12G

30A

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

20G

3PPG

143S

Pavel DorofeyevRW #16

16G

10PPG

109S

Assists

Rasmus DahlinD #26

24A

9PPA

-9+/-

Mitch MarnerRW #93

31A

9PPA

8+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Michael Kesselring D	OUT	12 Jan
Tyson Kozak C	Day-To-Day	6 Jan
Alex Lyon G	OUT	12 Jan

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	3.05	3.15	28.7	29.3	355	22	18.0	16	85.2	3	0
VGK	3.08	3.03	28.9	25.0	289	30	24.4	18	81.4	1	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/3/26	@CBJ	L5-1
1/1/26	@DAL	W4-1
12/30/25	@STL	W4-2
12/28/25	vsBOS	W4-1
12/24/25	@OTT	W3-2 OT

Golden Knights Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/5/26	@CHI	L3-2 OT
1/2/26	@STL	L4-3
12/31/25	vsNSH	L4-2
12/30/25	vsMIN	L5-2
12/28/25	vsCOL	L6-5 SO

Regular Season Series

Series starts 3/3

Golden Knights
Sabres

Game 1

4/3

Sabres
Golden Knights

Game 2

18/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	25	13	3	53
Montreal	23	13	6	52
Detroit	24	15	4	52
Florida	22	16	3	47
Buffalo	21	15	4	46
Boston	22	18	2	46
Ottawa	20	15	5	45
Toronto	19	15	7	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	17	11	12	46
Edmonton	20	16	6	46
Anaheim	21	17	3	45
Seattle	18	14	7	43
Los Angeles	17	14	9	43
San Jose	20	18	3	43
Calgary	18	19	4	40
Vancouver	16	20	5	37

Flyers sign Christian Dvorak to 5-year, $25.75M extension

The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Christian Dvorak to a five-year contract extension worth $25.75 million.

New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin exits with injury

New York Rangers veteran goaltender Igor Shesterkin, 30, the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner and face of the franchise, left his team's game Monday night against the Utah Mammoth midway through the first period with what the team labeled a lower-body injury.

Canada beats Finland in world junior hockey 3rd-place game

Sam O'Reilly scored twice, Gavin McKenna and Michael Hage each had four points and Canada beat Finland 6-3 on Monday in the third-place game in the world junior hockey championship.

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Buffalo Sabres @ Vegas Golden Knights

Goaltender Comparison

Game Information

Scoring Leaders

Tage ThompsonC #72

Jack EichelC #9

Tage ThompsonC #72

Pavel DorofeyevRW #16

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Mitch MarnerRW #93

Injury Report

Team Stats

Regular Season Series

Series starts 3/3

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

NHL News

Flyers sign Christian Dvorak to 5-year, $25.75M extension

New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin exits with injury

Canada beats Finland in world junior hockey 3rd-place game