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Thursday, January 28, 2027 (10:00 PM ET)
T-Mobile Arena | SCRIPPS
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
@
Vegas Golden Knights
 VGK
31% Win Probability
69% Win Probability
BUF is expected to score 2.81 goals VGK is expected to score 3.69 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Buffalo Sabres Vegas Golden Knights
Record 7-4-3 9-5-1
L10 Record 5-2-3 5-4-1
Pts% 60.71% 63.33%
Division Rank 7 (Atlantic) 2 (Pacific)
Conference Rank 9 (Eastern) 3 (Western)
Projected Points 89.37 97.75
xGF/G 3.21 ● +0.103.31
xGA/G 3.23 ● +0.632.59
xGF% 49.89% ● +6.1656.05%
L10 xGF 31.57 ● +0.9432.51
L10 xGA 35.19 ● +7.3327.86
L10 xGF% 47.29% ● +6.5653.85%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
VGK Tomas Hertl (C) 0.48 5 3 8 15 15:38 7.1 -2.1 35 14.3 0.204 -6.1 178 100 56.2 1.48 -0.10 1.38
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.45 10 7 17 14 19:25 6.3 3.7 63 15.9 0.100 5.8 163 72 44.2 0.91 -0.23 0.68
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.40 8 6 14 14 19:16 5.7 2.3 40 20.0 0.142 5.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.40 2 11 13 14 19:57 5.7 -4.7 33 6.1 0.172 -11.1 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.38 1 0 1 5 11:36 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.189 -8.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.33 4 5 9 14 18:53 4.7 -0.7 33 12.1 0.141 -2.0 128 46 35.9 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
VGK Mark Stone (R) 0.33 9 8 17 15 18:15 5.0 3.0 30 30.0 0.166 13.4 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Mitch Marner (R) 0.26 2 13 15 13 19:42 3.3 -1.3 31 6.5 0.108 -4.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Trevor Connelly (L) 0.26 4 5 9 15 14:23 3.9 0.1 26 15.4 0.148 0.6 5 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Brett Howden (C) 0.25 5 3 8 15 15:25 3.7 0.3 22 22.7 0.168 5.9 22 11 50.0 0.02 0.00 0.02
VGK Braeden Bowman (R) 0.24 3 3 6 15 13:40 3.6 -0.6 18 16.7 0.202 -3.6 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Victor Olofsson (L)+ 0.24 4 1 5 4 13:08 1.0 3.0 9 44.4 0.108 33.7 5 3 60.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Jack Eichel (C) 0.24 7 13 20 15 19:39 3.6 1.4 39 17.9 0.092 8.7 228 102 44.7 0.27 -0.28 -0.01
VGK William Karlsson (C) 0.22 3 3 6 15 17:21 3.2 -1.2 24 12.5 0.135 -1.0 231 136 58.9 0.19 -0.26 -0.07
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 14 15:24 2.8 -0.8 23 8.7 0.123 -3.6 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Ivan Barbashev (L) 0.20 2 9 11 15 16:12 3.0 -1.0 20 10.0 0.151 -5.1 6 1 16.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 2 1 3 14 14:29 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.173 -4.0 134 69 51.5 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
VGK Marc Gatcomb (C) 0.14 1 1 2 15 11:02 2.1 -1.1 25 4.0 0.083 -4.3 8 2 25.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.11 1 2 3 14 15:03 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 154 80 51.9 0.23 -0.23 0.00
VGK Raphael Lavoie (C) 0.10 1 2 3 10 10:49 1.0 0.0 11 9.1 0.090 0.0 5 4 80.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 7 7 14 13:41 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 50 24 48.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
VGK Nic Dowd (C) 0.07 0 3 3 15 11:58 1.1 -1.1 5 0.0 0.221 -22.1 162 72 44.4 0.20 -0.47 -0.27
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 2 2 14 11:00 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.05 0 1 1 6 7:39 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.058 -5.8 20 11 55.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 1 0 1 6 11:05 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 36 14 38.9 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
VGK Jonas Rondbjerg (R) 0.00 0 0 0 1 12:22 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.21 2 7 9 11 24:39 2.3 -0.3 33 6.1 0.070 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.14 3 3 6 13 19:46 1.8 1.2 27 11.1 0.067 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.12 2 3 5 15 21:38 1.9 0.1 34 5.9 0.055 0.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 14 26:38 1.6 0.4 18 11.1 0.087 2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Rasmus Andersson (D) 0.10 2 3 5 15 19:18 1.5 0.5 26 7.7 0.058 1.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.10 2 7 9 14 23:50 1.4 0.6 21 9.5 0.067 2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Noah Hanifin (D) 0.09 2 3 5 15 20:30 1.3 0.7 21 9.5 0.063 3.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.06 0 8 8 15 19:17 0.9 -0.9 17 0.0 0.054 -5.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Parker Wotherspoon (D)+ 0.06 0 0 0 6 18:15 0.4 -0.4 5 0.0 0.071 -7.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Dylan Coghlan (D) 0.05 0 1 1 7 15:12 0.4 -0.4 11 0.0 0.033 -3.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VGK Jeremy Lauzon (D) 0.04 0 0 0 15 17:19 0.7 -0.7 22 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 14 13:12 0.5 -0.5 12 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 12 12:20 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
VGK Carter Hart (G) -0.21% -0.4 2.76 0.889 4 8 3 50.0 0 22 198 176 21.6
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -0.75% -2.0 3.40 0.873 4 10 3 40.0 0 33 260 227 31.0
VGK Adin Hill (G) -1.45% -2.7 2.84 0.891 5 7 2 71.4 0 20 184 164 17.3