Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Jan 4, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	24
Vegas Golden Knights	3	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:53	VGK	Tanner Laczynski (1)	Brett Howden (5), Zach Whitecloud (3)	0 - 1
12:23	VGK	Mark Stone (10)	Jack Eichel (41), Tanner Pearson (9)	0 - 2
3rd Period
07:44	VGK	Jack Eichel (11)	Tanner Pearson (10), Noah Hanifin (15)	0 - 3
17:42	BUF	Jason Zucker (15) PP	Rasmus Dahlin (22), JJ Peterka (18)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
08:03	VGK	Tomas Hertl	Holding	2
13:35	BUF	Dylan Cozens	Holding	2
3rd Period
13:13	BUF	Alex Tuch	Boarding	2
16:13	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	High sticking	2
19:16	VGK	Adin Hill	Delaying game illegal play by goalie	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	63	44	24	1	2.4	49.0
Vegas Golden Knights	53	42	33	3	3.0	51.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Vegas Golden Knights

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Tage Thompson · Dylan Cozens	13:15	50.0	40.4	0-1
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod	7:52	16.7	5.3	0-0
Alex Tuch · JJ Peterka · Jiri Kulich	5:06	63.6	55.1	0-0
Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson	4:37	25.0	18.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	15:37	47.1	36.3	0-2
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power	13:09	33.3	12.8	0-1
Connor Clifton · Dennis Gilbert	6:06	100.0	100.0	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	21:44	0.54	21-22	0.67-1.26
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	17:31	0.32	13-11	0.34-0.81
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	2	25:28	0.28	26-19	0.92-1.34
6	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	08:38		6-3	0.17-0.12
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	12:24	0.09	10-10	0.32-0.91
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	10:26	0.10	5-9	0.19-0.72
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:55		11-13	0.33-1.08
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:37		11-11	0.20-0.59
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:04	0.18	9-8	0.12-0.31
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	19:55	0.01	16-22	0.27-1.20
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	24:16		20-23	0.79-1.42
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	19:25	0.12	22-21	0.60-1.02
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	23:44	0.12	19-28	0.28-1.41
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:16	0.02	3-7	0.13-0.22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:17		3-5	0.20-0.09
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	20:42	0.32	20-17	0.67-0.70
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:01	0.02	6-3	0.22-0.08
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16:56	0.23	14-14	0.21-0.82

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
47	James Reimer	L	33	30	3	57:41	2.97	-0.03

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
William Karlsson · Tomas Hertl · Pavel Dorofeyev	12:55	78.3	99.1	0-0
Mark Stone · Tanner Pearson · Jack Eichel	11:58	48.0	70.4	2-0
Keegan Kolesar · Brett Howden · Tanner Laczynski	9:23	59.1	80.4	1-0
Jonas Rondbjerg · Cole Schwindt · Alexander Holtz	6:30	14.3	19.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Noah Hanifin	19:22	55.8	63.2	1-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore	14:29	59.1	90.4	0-0
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud	13:00	37.5	55.5	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	1	2	2	0	7	0	21:08	0.49	16-14	0.94-0.43
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	2	2	2	0	2	3	15:43	0.10	13-18	0.86-0.71
28	Tanner Laczynski	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	11:08	0.35	13-12	0.88-0.26
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	18:35	0.28	15-16	0.94-0.55
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	23:16	0.10	30-24	1.49-0.71
21	Brett Howden	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	13:49	0.29	14-14	0.92-0.31
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	13:39		6-10	0.57-0.45
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	20:15	0.02	14-12	1.01-0.14
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	25:37	0.15	29-24	1.21-0.73
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18:11	0.46	19-9	0.91-0.10
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:20		2-10	0.05-0.43
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:16	0.11	13-9	0.73-0.08
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16:03		6-15	0.57-0.54
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:45	0.05	1-6	0.05-0.22
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20:08		21-9	0.95-0.10
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	13:06	0.18	13-12	0.88-0.24
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:24	0.37	19-13	0.91-0.40
79	Cole Schwindt	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	08:24		1-8	0.05-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Adin Hill	W	24	23	1	60:00	2.37	+1.37