BUF @ VGK 2–0 · 2026-03-17

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	25
VGK	0	0	0	29

Story

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Result BUF 2–0Call No lean · VGK 54%Market VGK 55%xG 2.94–2.91 · deserved BUF 51%Swing Doan +19 1st 18:02Method

Goals and penalties with VGK win probability
Time	Event	VGK win before	VGK win after
1st 1:30	BUF penalty · O. Power · hooking · 2 min
1st 13:08	VGK penalty · B. Bowman · holding · 2 min
1st 18:02	Goal BUF · J. Doan	54%	34%
2nd 1:23	VGK penalty · B. McNabb · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 8:37	BUF penalty · B. Byram · cross checking · 2 min
3rd 3:46	BUF penalty · S. Carrick · boarding · 2 min
3rd 9:01	BUF penalty · N. Ostlund · roughing · 2 min
3rd 9:01	VGK penalty · B. Howden · roughing · 2 min
3rd 19:02	Goal BUF · J. Norris (EN)	2%	0%

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
10S. CarrickC	0:58	13:40	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	7-7
72T. ThompsonC	0:58	19:21	23	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	1-3
29B. MalenstynL	0:58	12:30	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	–
25O. PowerD	0:58	21:41	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	–
64L. StanleyD	0:58	16:18	20	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	–
1U. LuukkonenG		60:00	SA29GA0SV%1.000xGA2.91GSAx+2.91

VGK5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
10C. SissonsC	0:58	13:49	17	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	2	6-5
21B. HowdenC	0:58	13:56	19	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	1-1
42B. BowmanR	0:58	14:04	20	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	–
5J. LauzonD	0:58	15:40	20	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	1	–
6K. KorczakD	0:58	13:03	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	–
33A. HillG		59:29	SA24GA1SV%.958xGA2.43GSAx+1.43

Goals

1st
Josh Doan(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.04backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF1st 18:02+19.566%
3rd
Josh Norris(1)EN
P. Krebs (1), M. Samuelsson (1)
xG 0.51wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 BUF3rd 19:02+1.9100%

Shots

BUF2.94 xG38 unblocked · 12 blocked38 unblocked · 12 blocked

VGK2.91 xG48 unblocked · 15 blocked48 unblocked · 15 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFVGK2Goals02.94xG2.9125Shots2938Unblocked4850Attempts633High danger30/2Power play0/329Faceoffs3019Hits2815Blocks126Takeaways212Giveaways198PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	22:51	0	0	0	3	7	0.17	−0.17	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	22:20	0	1	1	1	5	0.06	−0.06	0	4	0	1	—	0	+1
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	21:41	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	0	—	2	0
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	21:31	0	0	0	1	2	0.06	−0.06	1	1	0	1	—	2	0
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	19:21	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	−0.22	2	2	0	1	25%	0	0
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	17:17	0	0	0	5	5	0.40	−0.40	1	0	1	0	0%	0	0
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	16:58	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	1	1	50%	0	0
64L. StanleyLogan StanleyD	16:18	0	0	0	1	3	0.03	−0.03	1	1	0	0	—	0	+1
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	15:46	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	−0.08	0	0	1	2	43%	2	0
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	15:41	0	0	0	2	5	0.28	−0.28	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	14:55	0	0	0	1	1	0.07	−0.07	1	0	1	2	0%	0	0
10S. CarrickSam CarrickC	13:40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	50%	2	0
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	13:30	1	0	1	3	3	0.22	+0.78	1	0	2	0	—	0	+2
9J. NorrisJosh NorrisC	13:28	1	0	1	5	7	1.14	−0.14	0	2	0	1	55%	0	+2
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	12:30	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	−0.04	4	2	0	1	—	0	0
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	11:53	0	0	0	2	4	0.08	−0.08	0	0	0	1	—	0	+1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	11:10	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	50%	0	+2
48T. KozakTyson KozakC	11:10	0	0	0	1	1	0.08	−0.08	4	0	0	1	100%	0	0
BUF total		2	2	4	25	50	2.94	−0.94	19	14	6	12	49%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Doan+0.57

Krebs+0.45

Norris+0.05

Thompson−0.09

Benson−0.15

Malenstyn−0.19

Kozak−0.22

Quinn−0.33

Ostlund−0.36

Zucker−0.44

McLeod−0.46

Carrick−0.56

Defence

Samuelsson+0.12

Metsa−0.02

Stanley−0.19

Dahlin−0.23

Byram−0.24

Power−0.38

Goalie

Luukkonen+2.93

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Benson·Thompson·Ostlund	11:34	18	11	18	37.9%	4	9	0	0	0.63	0.66	49.0%	−0.03	4	0	100%
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	10:34	17	4	12	25.0%	3	8	0	0	0.18	0.73	19.4%	−0.56	2	3	40%
Malenstyn·Carrick·Kozak	7:33	13	7	6	53.8%	4	1	0	0	0.21	0.36	37.6%	−0.14	1	4	20%
Norris·Krebs·Doan	6:54	14	8	6	57.1%	6	1	1	0	0.75	0.19	79.7%	+0.56	4	4	50%
Occasional · 7 groups
Krebs·Thompson·Ostlund	1:24	4	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Zucker·Carrick·Quinn	1:02	3	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.14	0.0%	−0.14	0	0	—
Malenstyn·Carrick·Thompson	0:58	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Benson·McLeod·Quinn	0:33	3	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Norris·Carrick·Doan	0:32	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	2	0%
Norris·Kozak·Doan	0:32	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Benson·Malenstyn·Carrick	0:30	5	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	47:29		40	52	43.5%	20	23	1	0	1.98	2.24	46.8%	−0.27

Goalies

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 29/29
SV%: 1.000
xGA: 2.91
GSAx: +2.91

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	24/24	1.000	2.32	+2.32
Power play	5/5	1.000	0.59	+0.59
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.53	+0.53

Adin Hill

VGK · 59:29

Saves: 23/24
SV%: .958
xGA: 2.43
GSAx: +1.43

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/20	.950	2.04	+1.04
Power play	4/4	1.000	0.39	+0.39
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.43	+0.43

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

22:51Dahlin
22:20Samuelsson
21:41Power
21:31Byram
16:18Stanley
11:53Metsa

19:21Thompson
17:17Benson
16:58McLeod
15:46Ostlund
15:41Quinn
14:55Zucker
13:40Carrick
13:30Doan
13:28Norris
12:30Malenstyn
11:10Krebs
11:10Kozak

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFVGK

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

DahlinD2 O5
SamuelssonD3 O2
MetsaD4 O3
PowerD5 O3
StanleyD7 O3
ByramD9 O3
ThompsonD1 O6
OstlundD0 O5
NorrisD5 O7
DoanD5 O7
BensonD3 O5
ZuckerD3 O4
QuinnD3 O4
KrebsD4 O4
McLeodD5 O4
MalenstynD6 O1
KozakD6 O1
CarrickD7 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period