NHL · Sunday 8 November · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Vegas Golden Knights 1:4: NHL, 08/11/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Buffalo Sabres – Vegas Golden Knights 1:4 (8 November). Vegas Golden Knights won. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 0:0, 0:2, 1:2.
Goals: M. Marner (Vegas Golden Knights); J. Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights); B. Malenstyn (Buffalo Sabres); T. Hertl (Vegas Golden Knights) ×2.
Table now: Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches; Vegas Golden Knights — 3rd, 26 points from 19 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 08'pen.
High sticking
- 17'pen.
High sticking
2nd period
- 02'pen.
Tripping
- 05'pen.
Hooking
- 11'pen.
Hooking
- 12'
🏒 M. Marner0:1
Shorthanded
- 13'
🏒 J. Eichel0:2
assist: I. Barbashev
3rd period
- 04'
🏒 B. Malenstyn1:2
assist: T. Kozak, M. Samuelsson
- 05'
- 10'
🏒 T. Hertl1:4
assist: I. Barbashev, S. Theodore
- 18'pen.
Slashing
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Malenstyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Kozak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Timmins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| O. Zellweger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Hertl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Marner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| I. Barbashev | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Eichel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Theodore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Howden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Coghlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 29Shots on goal26
- 22Saves28
- 84%Save %96%
- 23Faceoffs won29
- 6Penalty minutes6
- 3Penalties3
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals1
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL | |
| 3 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 26 | LLWWW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away