Sabres vs. Golden Knights (Mar 17, 2026)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

J. Eichel

VGK C #9

34

Goals

24

70

Points

74

235

Shots on Goal

212

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

S. Theodore

VGK D #27

60

Points

31

74

Blocks

77

59

Hits

2

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

A. Schmid

VGK G #40

19

Wins

16

.912

Save Pct

.893

2.62

Goals Against Avg

2.61

BUF

Team Stats

VGK

3.45

Goals per Game

3.27

2.99

Goals Against per Game

3.03

28.16

Shots per Game

28.43

29.57

Shots Against per Game

24.63

20.7

Power Play Pct

25.5

82.9

Penalty Kill Pct

82.3

.899

Save Pct

.877

BUF

Injuries

VGK

Justin Danforth

RW

Day to day (Lower Body)

RW

Jonas Rondbjerg

Out (Lower Body)

Tyson Kozak

C

Day to day (Undisclosed)

G

Carter Hart

Out (Leg)

Colten Ellis

G

Day to day (Undisclosed)

C

William Karlsson

Out (Lower Body)

Mattias Samuelsson

D

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Tanner Pearson

LW

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

Jordan Greenway

LW

Out (Abdomen)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out for season (Ear)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFVGK

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	41	20	6	88	35
Lightning	40	21	4	84	49
Canadiens	36	20	10	82	13
Bruins	37	23	6	80	12
Red Wings	36	23	8	80	-6
Senators	34	23	9	77	20
Maple Leafs	29	27	12	70	-23
Panthers	33	30	3	69	-21

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	37	27	3	77	-10
Golden Knights	31	22	14	76	11
Oilers	33	26	9	75	6
Kraken	31	26	9	71	-8
Sharks	32	27	6	70	-25
Kings	27	24	15	69	-24
Flames	26	33	7	59	-42
Canucks	20	38	8	48	-75

BUF

Last 5

VGK

Sat, Mar 14

Sat, Mar 14

Thu, Mar 12

Thu, Mar 12

Tue, Mar 10

Tue, Mar 10

Sun, Mar 8

Sun, Mar 8

Sat, Mar 7

Fri, Mar 6

Game Info

March 17, 2026

ESPN+

T-Mobile Arena

Las Vegas, Nevada

Team Leaders

G

34

T. Thompson

A

47

R. Dahlin

GWG

5

J. Zucker

SV%

.912

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs VGK

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	32	30	19	8	3	899	820	.912	79	2.62	2	1807
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	26	25	15	8	2	697	630	.904	67	2.71	0	1484
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	3	3	3	0	0	86	79	.919	7	2.29	0	184
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	2	2	2	0	0	59	55	.932	4	2.00	0	120

Team Leaders

G

34

P. Dorofeyev

A

50

J. Eichel

GWG

5

J. Eichel

SV%

.893

A. Schmid

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	15	7	5	12	-5	6	3	2	0	0	41	17.1	4	10	40.0	26	5	8	9	16:47
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	19	1	6	7	+1	11	0	1	0	0	21	4.8	12	23	52.2	49	14	8	2	15:42
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	12	4	2	6	+1	4	1	0	0	1	40	10.0	59	136	43.4	10	4	4	4	17:46
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	9	3	3	6	+1	8	0	0	0	0	24	12.5	6	7	85.7	3	16	5	8	19:01
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	1	5	6	-7	8	0	2	0	0	27	3.7	0	0	0	20	26	7	9	23:09
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	15	4	1	5	-11	0	1	1	0	0	30	13.3	5	9	55.6	26	12	5	9	14:48
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	11	1	4	5	+4	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	67	123	54.5	6	4	3	8	14:28
Bowen Byram B. Byram	12	0	5	5	-2	2	0	1	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	25	11	3	14	22:01
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	20	2	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	20	10.0	0	0	0	83	34	3	11	16:10
Josh Norris J. Norris	7	2	2	4	+1	2	1	1	0	0	17	11.8	55	96	57.3	14	4	8	5	18:01
Owen Power O. Power	6	2	2	4	-2	0	0	1	1	0	6	33.3	0	0	0	1	12	3	6	22:07
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	9	1	2	3	+2	12	0	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	21	11	3	12	15:05
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	15	2	0	2	-3	28	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	47	110	42.7	29	10	2	10	11:07
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	7	0	2	2	+3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	12	4	3	3	16:46
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	9	1	1	2	-1	32	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	34	60	56.7	16	1	3	5	14:30
Zach Benson Z. Benson	5	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	1	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	3	2	0	3	14:38
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	1	2	50.0	20	2	4	4	11:14
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	9	0	1	1	-2	8	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	8	7	0	2	15:15
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	7	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	13	10	1	5	22:23
Josh Doan J. Doan	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	3	2	1	1	13:59
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	6	10	60.0	7	1	0	3	10:56
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	0	14:19
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:28
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	3	2	0	0	8:49
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	8	17	47.1	0	0	0	3	11:23
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:58

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mitch Marner M. Marner	29	8	27	35	+8	10	2	8	0	1	2	56	14.3	14	27	51.9	26	11	32	20	19:29
Reilly Smith R. Smith	33	11	11	22	+10	16	3	2	0	0	1	68	16.2	1	3	33.3	21	15	18	11	16:45
Brandon Saad B. Saad	24	9	12	21	+9	8	2	0	0	0	1	68	13.2	12	18	66.7	12	4	10	14	16:15
Mark Stone M. Stone	25	5	14	19	+10	10	1	2	0	0	2	50	10.0	2	3	66.7	17	9	21	27	19:17
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	21	5	11	16	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	45	11.1	143	250	57.2	10	8	12	10	16:41
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	22	6	7	13	-11	2	2	0	0	0	1	49	12.2	141	265	53.2	22	9	10	8	18:02
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	6	6	3	9	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	21.4	45	102	44.1	4	2	6	3	20:01
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	15	3	6	9	-1	9	1	0	0	0	0	22	13.6	10	36	27.8	22	1	1	8	14:50
Brett Howden B. Howden	14	4	5	9	+6	5	0	0	0	2	0	16	25.0	53	119	44.5	16	11	6	6	12:24
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	14	2	6	8	+10	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	0	0	0	33	20	2	7	18:39
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	14	2	6	8	+2	8	1	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	0	0	0	9	30	5	10	22:01
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	18	2	4	6	+7	8	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	108	205	52.7	22	9	8	7	14:54
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	20	1	4	5	+8	8	0	0	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0	0	12	26	5	14	20:34
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	12	0	5	5	-1	2	0	1	0	1	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	3	15	5	1	21:16
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	26	2	2	4	-2	14	0	0	0	1	0	15	13.3	159	301	52.8	45	17	7	9	13:21
Ben Hutton B. Hutton	14	1	3	4	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	25	4.0	0	0	0	9	13	4	8	18:09
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	3	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	17:50
Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	9	1	0	1	-2	18	0	0	1	0	0	12	8.3	0	1	0.0	34	4	2	2	12:01
Cole Smith C. Smith	8	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	2	0.0	31	2	2	5	13:29
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	17	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	38	35	9	8	19:01
Jonas Rondbjerg J. Rondbjerg	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8:26
Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	16:21
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18:15

Sabres BUF

Golden Knights VGK

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Akira Schmid A. Schmid	32	28	16	9	6	757	676	.893	81	2.61	2	1861
Adin Hill A. Hill	19	19	8	6	3	417	363	.871	54	3.05	1	1061
Carter Hart C. Hart	12	12	5	3	3	279	243	.871	36	3.28	0	659

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Carter Hart C. Hart	9	8	4	2	0	203	184	.906	19	2.86	1	399
Adin Hill A. Hill	4	4	2	1	1	118	109	.924	9	2.23	0	242
Akira Schmid A. Schmid	3	3	1	1	0	69	62	.899	7	3.25	0	129