Sabres vs Golden Knights

Final · Tue Mar 17 · 10:00 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena

Buffalo SabresSabres42-20-6

FinalMar 17, 2026

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden Knights31-23-14

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

BUF+114

VGK−135

Puck line

BUF +1.5−218

VGK −1.5+180

Total O/U

Over 6.5−115

Under 6.5−105

Puck line: Sabres +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 6.5 (2 goals).

Recap

The Buffalo Sabres shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Mar 17, 2026 to move to 42-20-6.

The Sabres won despite being outshot 29-25.

Score by period

Buffalo Sabres and Vegas Golden Knights, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	1	2
VGK	0	0	0	0

W: Luukkonen · L: Hill

Scoring plays

First Period

BUFGoal · 18:02Josh Doan Goal (22) Backhand, assists: none1-0

Third Period

BUFGoal · 19:02Josh Norris Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (22), Mattias Samuelsson (25)2-0

Team stats

BUFVGK

Shots: 25; 29
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 49.2; 50.8
Hits: 19; 28
Blocked Shots: 14; 12
Penalty Minutes: 8; 6

Top performers

Buffalo SabresVegas Golden Knights

Goals

Josh Norris1

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Assists

Peyton Krebs1

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Points

Josh Norris1

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Player stats

Sabres · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Zach Benson LW	0	1	1	0	17:17	0	0	5	0.0	0
Sam Carrick C	0	1	0	0	13:40	0	0	0	50.0	2
Josh Doan RW	0	1	2	2	13:30	1	0	3	0.0	0
Tyson Kozak C	0	4	0	0	11:10	0	0	1	100.0	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	1	0	2	11:10	0	1	0	50.0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	2	4	0	0	12:30	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ryan McLeod C	0	1	1	0	16:58	0	0	0	50.0	0
Josh Norris C	2	0	0	2	13:28	1	0	5	54.5	0
Noah Ostlund C	0	0	1	0	15:46	0	0	0	42.9	2
Jack Quinn RW	1	1	0	0	15:41	0	0	2	0.0	0
Tage Thompson C	2	2	0	0	19:21	0	0	0	25.0	0
Jason Zucker LW	0	1	1	0	14:55	0	0	1	0.0	0

Sabres · Defense

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Bowen Byram D	1	1	0	21:31	0	1	2
Rasmus Dahlin D	0	0	1	22:51	0	3	0
Zach Metsa D	0	0	1	11:53	0	2	0
Owen Power D	1	0	0	21:41	0	0	2
Mattias Samuelsson D	4	0	1	22:20	1	1	0
Logan Stanley D	1	1	1	16:18	0	1	0

Sabres · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	0	29	29	1.000	60:00	0

Golden Knights · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	FO%	PIM
Ivan Barbashev LW	0	2	0	-1	14:31	1	0.0	0
Braeden Bowman RW	1	0	0	0	14:04	1	0.0	2
Pavel Dorofeyev RW	0	0	0	-1	17:18	3	0.0	0
Nic Dowd C	0	3	0	0	11:17	1	77.8	0
Jack Eichel C	0	0	0	-2	20:06	2	27.3	0
Tomas Hertl C	0	5	0	-1	17:39	3	52.6	0
Brett Howden C	1	3	0	0	13:56	2	50.0	2
Keegan Kolesar RW	1	3	0	0	10:40	0	0.0	0
Mitch Marner RW	0	0	0	-1	22:23	1	33.3	0
Colton Sissons C	2	2	1	0	13:49	2	54.5	0
Cole Smith RW	0	4	0	0	10:03	0	100.0	0
Mark Stone RW	1	1	0	-2	19:10	3	100.0	0

Golden Knights · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	PIM
Rasmus Andersson D	2	0	0	-1	21:15	0	0
Noah Hanifin D	1	0	0	-2	20:23	2	0
Kaedan Korczak D	1	0	0	0	13:03	0	0
Jeremy Lauzon D	1	3	0	0	15:40	2	0
Brayden McNabb D	1	2	0	0	18:37	3	2
Shea Theodore D	0	0	1	0	20:37	3	0

Golden Knights · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Adin Hill G	1	24	23	.958	59:29	0

Three stars

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF)
Adin Hill (VGK)
Josh Doan (BUF)

Game info

VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV

Attendance17,844

OfficialsReferee: Kyle Rehman · Linesman: Trent Knorr · Referee: Beau Halkidis · Linesman: Joe Mahon

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