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Saturday, January 4, 2025 (10:00 PM ET)
T-Mobile Arena | SCRIPPS
Buffalo Sabres BUF
1-3
Final
VGK Vegas Golden Knights
48% xGF Expected Goals Share 52% xGF
BUF was expected to score 2.45 goals VGK was expected to score 2.69 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 Cumulative xG BUF VGK Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Tanner Laczynski scores at 4:53 in the 1st period 0.18 xG (0-1)
  • ► Mark Stone scores at 12:23 in the 1st period 0.22 xG (0-2) End of Period 1
  • No goals this period End of Period 2
  • ► Jack Eichel scores at 7:44 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (0-3)
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 17:42 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (1-3) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Vegas Golden Knights
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 6:11 0.93 1 4:00 0.03 0
Even Strength 49:49 1.52 0 49:49 2.57 3
Short-Handed 4:00 0.00 0 6:11 0.08 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 47:37 1.93 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 7:30 0.37 1
Tied 4:53 0.18 0 4:53 0.39 1
Down 1 7:30 0.20 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 47:37 2.08 1 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (R) 0.51 0 0 0 18 18:11 5 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.50 1 0 1 25 21:44 3 -2 0 1
VGK Jack Eichel (C) 0.47 1 1 2 22 21:08 7 +2 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.42 0 1 1 22 17:31 2 -1 0 0
VGK William Karlsson (C) 0.33 0 0 0 21 20:24 3 0 0 0
VGK Brett Howden (C) 0.32 0 1 1 16 13:49 3 +1 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.31 0 0 0 26 20:42 5 -1 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.28 0 0 0 25 16:56 1 0 2 0
VGK Mark Stone (R) 0.22 1 0 1 21 18:35 1 +2 0 0
VGK Keegan Kolesar (R) 0.18 0 0 0 16 13:06 1 +1 2 0
VGK Tanner Laczynski (C) 0.18 1 0 1 15 11:08 1 +1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.18 0 0 0 19 15:04 2 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.16 0 0 0 25 19:25 2 -2 2 0
VGK Tanner Pearson (L) 0.09 0 2 2 19 15:43 2 +2 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.05 0 0 0 18 12:24 2 -1 0 0
BUF Nicolas Aube-Kubel (R) 0.05 0 0 0 13 10:26 1 -1 0 0
VGK Jonas Rondbjerg (R) 0.04 0 0 0 13 07:45 1 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.04 0 0 0 14 10:16 1 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 11:17 0 0 0 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.00 0 0 0 22 14:37 0 0 0 0
VGK Tomas Hertl (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 20:08 0 0 2 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 12:55 0 -1 0 0
VGK Cole Schwindt (R) 0.00 0 0 0 13 08:24 0 0 0 0
VGK Alexander Holtz (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:20 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.32 0 1 1 30 25:28 3 -2 0 0
VGK Alex Pietrangelo (D) 0.15 0 0 0 27 25:37 4 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 0 0 0 31 23:44 1 -1 0 0
VGK Noah Hanifin (D) 0.10 0 1 1 26 23:16 2 +2 0 0
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.07 0 0 0 24 18:16 2 0 0 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.03 0 0 0 19 13:01 1 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 27 19:55 0 -1 0 0
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.01 0 0 0 23 20:15 1 +1 0 0
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.00 0 0 0 14 08:38 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.00 0 0 0 32 24:16 0 -2 0 0
VGK Nicolas Hague (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 16:03 0 +1 0 0
VGK Zach Whitecloud (D) 0.00 0 1 1 16 13:39 0 +1 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
VGK Adin Hill (G) +3.31% 0.958 1.5 1 23 60:00 24 W 0
BUF James Reimer (G) -0.75% 0.909 -0.3 3 30 57:41 33 L 0