Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Fri, Dec 15, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 2

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 on Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. Casey Mittelstadt scored twice. Devon Levi made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	4	5	27
VGK	0	1	1	2	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	07:42	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (5) · wrist	Casey Mittelstadt (17)	1–0
2nd	13:44	VGK	PP	Ivan Barbashev (7) · wrist	Nicolas Roy (8)	1–1
3rd	03:22	VGK	EV	Jack Eichel (13) · snap	Paul Cotter (7)	1–2
3rd	05:01	BUF	EV	Casey Mittelstadt (7) · snap	Dylan Cozens (10), Connor Clifton (7)	2–2
3rd	09:29	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (4) · backhand	Alex Tuch (10), Mattias Samuelsson (3)	3–2
3rd	11:12	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (9) · wrist	Zach Benson (6)	4–2
3rd	17:19	BUF	SH EN	Casey Mittelstadt (8) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (11), Rasmus Dahlin (18)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:52	BUF	Tage Thompson	slashing	2
2nd	03:35	BUF	Brett Murray	slashing	2
2nd	05:34	VGK	Chandler Stephenson	roughing removing opponents helmet	2
2nd	13:14	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	hooking	2
2nd	18:46	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.55 · VGK 5.69 · xG% BUF 30.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	2	1	3	+3	0	2	0	0	50.0	16:38	21
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	2	3	+3	0	3	1	0	60.0	15:16	20
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1	50.0	18:47	24
9	Zach Benson	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	1		17:38	21
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+3	2	1	3	2		26:18	33
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	4	6		23:51	32
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	2		15:54	23
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		21:43	25
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	+2	2	4	1	0	52.9	19:23	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		18:43	22
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	1		18:25	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	53.8	15:58	22
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	100.0	15:21	20
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		14:29	17
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		11:42	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	11:32	17
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:43	10
81	Brett Murray	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		5:09	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27	Devon Levi	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	-1	0	8	3	0	50.0	19:54	21
49	Ivan Barbashev	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	4	0		15:25	18
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	3	0	40.0	14:17	20
43	Paul Cotter	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	0		13:48	16
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2		23:32	25
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3		21:45	24
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		21:22	24
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		20:08	21
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		19:15	22
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	33.3	17:54	20
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		16:39	18
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	14:56	18
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		14:22	20
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	58.3	13:52	15
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	50.0	13:31	15
94	Brayden Pachal	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2		13:11	16
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:30	17
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	9	0		12:26	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	Logan Thompson	L	26	22	4	.846	59:13