Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights — March 17, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 on March 17, 2026. Despite the result, the Vegas Golden Knights held the edge in expected goals (8.25 to 6.50) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. Josh Norris was the most dangerous skater with 2.17 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Vegas Golden Knights outshot the Buffalo Sabres 28-25 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Mar 17, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

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Mar 17, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VGK	P1	21	18	53.8	19	15	55.9	11	10	52.4	18	13	58.1	3	4	42.9	1.62	1.15	58.5	0	1	0.0
	P2	17	21	44.7	13	14	48.1	9	9	50.0	11	15	42.3	4	5	44.4	1.13	1.01	52.8	0	0	—
	P3	25	11	69.4	16	9	64.0	9	6	60.0	19	9	67.9	4	1	80.0	1.12	0.67	62.5	0	1	0.0
	Total	63	50	55.8	48	38	55.8	29	25	53.7	48	37	56.5	11	10	52.4	3.87	2.83	57.7	0	2	0.0
BUF	P1	18	21	46.2	15	19	44.1	10	11	47.6	13	18	41.9	4	3	57.1	1.15	1.62	41.5	1	0	100.0
	P2	21	17	55.3	14	13	51.9	9	9	50.0	15	11	57.7	5	4	55.6	1.01	1.13	47.2	0	0	—
	P3	11	25	30.6	9	16	36.0	6	9	40.0	9	19	32.1	1	4	20.0	0.67	1.12	37.5	1	0	100.0
	Total	50	63	44.2	38	48	44.2	25	29	46.3	37	48	43.5	10	11	47.6	2.83	3.87	42.3	2	0	100.0

Win Probability

VGK Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

VGK

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

VGK Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Goal Against

Missed Shot Against

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VGK players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VGK ↓ / BUF →	Thompson	Ostlund	McLeod	Carrick	Norris	Kozak	Krebs	Benson	Zucker	Malenstyn	Quinn	Doan	Samuelsson	Dahlin	Power	Byram	Stanley	Metsa
Eichel	38	55	67	75	29	50	31	71	50	33	56	29	57	46	54	41	75	60
Hertl	67	80	100	88	55	100	50	90	100	50	89	55	75	62	86	100	77	60
Sissons	33	40	20	43	0	58	33	25	50	33	43	20	45	33	38	43	43	27
Howden	44	56	50	38	0	55	50	36	50	36	60	25	50	50	55	67	36	25
Dowd	45	56	0	60	0	75	0	56	0	60	0	0	75	47	40	50	0	0
Barbashev	50	54	67	100	44	100	46	55	78	67	70	45	59	67	63	50	57	50
Marner	38	57	78	86	29	100	38	75	63	50	56	23	59	36	80	60	75	50
Stone	45	55	67	78	30	75	36	71	71	50	63	36	59	53	58	50	75	60
Dorofeyev	67	80	100	86	55	100	50	90	100	50	88	55	75	62	86	100	75	50
Bowman	38	58	50	38	0	55	33	38	50	40	60	17	42	40	50	67	40	31
Kolesar	63	57	0	67	25	75	33	57	25	50	20	33	78	55	33	50	50	14
Smith	71	100	0	63	0	71	0	100	17	57	20	0	70	50	50	50	60	40
Hanifin	39	40	64	43	44	50	50	29	78	20	64	44	58	48	47	46	53	39
Andersson	28	31	64	46	42	55	62	20	58	33	64	40	63	54	53	41	50	31
McNabb	60	67	60	60	0	50	0	71	71	33	56	0	55	42	71	60	60	33
Theodore	63	67	63	60	0	50	0	71	83	50	56	0	54	44	64	64	57	33
Lauzon	33	83	33	60	0	80	33	75	20	67	33	14	33	40	75	56	38	43
Korczak	33	75	33	60	33	80	50	50	33	67	33	50	50	60	75	83	17	20