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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
2 – 3
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
55% xGF%
45% xGF%
VGK was expected to score 3.56 goals BUF was expected to score 2.87 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG VGK BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Vegas Golden Knights Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:31 0.81 0 2:00 0.15 0
Even Strength 54:29 2.75 2 54:29 2.71 3
Penalty Kill 2:00 0.00 0 3:31 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 7:41 0.91 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 48:17 1.72 1
Tied 4:02 0.09 0 4:02 0.23 1
Down 1 48:17 2.48 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 7:41 0.99 2 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 4:02 in the 1st period 0.16 xG (0-1)
  • ► Owen Power scores at 0:46 in the 2nd period 0.02 xG (0-2)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 5:44 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (0-3)
  • ► Ivan Barbashev scores at 6:50 in the 2nd period 0.40 xG (1-3)
  • ► Pavel Dorofeyev scores at 8:27 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (2-3)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
VGK Braeden Bowman (R) 0.85 0 0 0 22 18:15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.67 0 0 0 22 15:05 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Ivan Barbashev (L) 0.46 1 0 1 22 17:41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (R) 0.40 1 0 1 23 20:48 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Keegan Kolesar (R) 0.37 0 0 0 19 11:40 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Tomas Hertl (C) 0.33 0 0 0 16 11:47 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Reilly Smith (R) 0.28 0 1 1 23 19:04 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.27 0 0 0 25 20:04 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.26 1 0 1 21 13:36 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.23 0 0 0 24 15:35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.22 0 1 1 23 15:51 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.21 0 0 0 24 16:32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.21 0 1 1 23 14:19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Cole Reinhardt (L) 0.12 0 0 0 15 11:01 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.12 1 0 1 26 21:07 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.11 0 1 1 25 19:36 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
VGK Jack Eichel (C) 0.08 0 1 1 24 21:19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Colton Sissons (C) 0.07 0 0 0 20 13:01 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 0 0 15 08:57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brandon Saad (L) 0.06 0 0 0 15 08:14 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Raphael Lavoie (C) 0.04 0 0 0 12 08:34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.00 0 0 0 15 09:46 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Mitch Marner (R) 0.00 0 0 0 24 22:11 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 14 08:34 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.21 0 0 0 32 25:15 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.20 0 0 0 15 11:19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.16 0 1 1 33 24:29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Jeremy Lauzon (D) 0.13 0 0 0 25 15:59 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.09 0 0 0 29 20:36 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.05 1 0 1 29 22:54 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Rasmus Andersson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 27 18:16 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
VGK Noah Hanifin (D) 0.04 0 0 0 25 19:10 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.02 0 0 0 23 17:26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.02 0 0 0 15 10:58 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.01 0 2 2 29 25:50 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 22:42 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +5.37% 0.931 1.6 2 27 60:00 29 W 0
VGK Akira Schmid (G) -0.48% 0.893 -0.1 3 25 58:29 28 L 0