Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Oct 8, 2018 · KeyBank Center · 2018–19 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at KeyBank Center. Jack Eichel scored twice. Carter Hutton made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–17.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	1	1	2	37
BUF	1	3	0	4	17

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:31	BUF	PP	Jack Eichel (2) · slap	Rasmus Ristolainen (2), Kyle Okposo (1)	0–1
2nd	04:58	BUF	EV	Jack Eichel (3) · backhand	Sam Reinhart (2), Conor Sheary (1)	0–2
2nd	07:48	VGK	EV	Erik Haula (1) · wrist	William Karlsson (1), Jonathan Marchessault (2)	1–2
2nd	08:15	BUF	EV	Marco Scandella (1) · wrist	Kyle Okposo (2), Patrik Berglund (1)	1–3
2nd	09:43	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (1) · slap	Evan Rodrigues (1), Zemgus Girgensons (1)	1–4
3rd	10:47	VGK	EV	Jonathan Marchessault (2) · wrist	William Karlsson (2)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:54	VGK	Paul Stastny	slashing	2
1st	13:45	VGK	Paul Stastny	slashing	2
2nd	02:20	BUF	Casey Nelson	slashing	2
3rd	05:36	BUF	Tage Thompson	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 2.52 · BUF 1.68 · xG% VGK 60.1

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	50.0	19:22	21
71	William Karlsson	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0	14.3	19:12	22
56	Erik Haula	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1		18:09	19
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		24:09	23
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		21:44	22
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	73.3	19:40	19
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		19:39	22
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:03	22
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0		18:33	19
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		17:13	21
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		16:56	20
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		16:25	18
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	13:56	16
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	100.0	13:22	16
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	66.7	12:51	14
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		9:52	12
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	88.9	9:45	14
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	9	0		9:14	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	17	13	4	.765	58:09

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Jack Eichel	C	2	0	2	-1	0	4	1	0	40.0	19:11	22
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	1		18:00	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2		25:40	26
6	Marco Scandella	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		22:20	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	2		19:28	22
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	30.8	17:13	24
10	Patrik Berglund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	50.0	17:00	22
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		15:12	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		14:53	19
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		10:24	14
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		19:43	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:37	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		18:24	20
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		17:28	21
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		14:04	18
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:34	16
81	Remi Elie	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		9:22	16
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		8:27	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00