🎰 Away Golden Knights 1-1-0
2–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 1-1-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🎰 VGK 0112
⚔️ BUF 1304

Golden Knights at Sabres

Sabres beat Golden Knights 4–2 at KeyBank Center on October 8, 2018.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2018-19 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jack Eichel
2 G
4 shots · 19:11 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Kyle Okposo
2 A
18:00 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Carter Hutton
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jack Eichel PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:31
Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Kyle Okposo · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jack Eichel 2nd · 04:58
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Conor Sheary · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
🎰 Erik Haula 2nd · 07:48
Assists: William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault · beat Carter Hutton
1–2
⚔️ Marco Scandella 2nd · 08:15
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Patrik Berglund · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 09:43
Assists: Evan Rodrigues, Zemgus Girgensons · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–4
3rd period
🎰 Jonathan Marchessault 3rd · 10:47
Assists: William Karlsson · beat Carter Hutton
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Stastny · Karlsson · Marchessault 19:22
L2 Pacioretty · Haula · Smith 18:33
L3 Nosek · Lindberg · Carpenter 13:22
L4 Bellemare · Carrier · Reaves 9:45
D1 Miller · Theodore 22:56
D2 McNabb · Engelland 18:26
D3 Merrill · Holden 16:40
⚔️Sabres
L1 Reinhart · Eichel · Skinner 19:11
L2 Rodrigues · Berglund · Okposo 17:13
L3 Sheary · Girgensons · Mittelstadt 14:53
L4 Elie · Thompson · Pominville 9:22
D1 Ristolainen · Scandella 24:00
D2 McCabe · Dahlin 19:10
D3 Nelson · Beaulieu 15:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎰VGK BUF⚔️
37 Shots on goal 17
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
29 Hits 17
6 Blocked shots 14
3 Takeaways 2
8 Giveaways 9
4 Penalty minutes 4
VGK shooting 5.4% (2/37) BUF shooting 23.5% (4/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎰Golden Knights
Marc-Andre Fleury
13/17
.765 SV% · 4 GA · 58:09 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Carter Hutton
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Jack Eichel · 1st 14:31 · 0–1 Jack Eichel · 2nd 04:58 · 0–2 Erik Haula · 2nd 07:48 · 1–2 Marco Scandella · 2nd 08:15 · 1–3 Jason Pominville · 2nd 09:43 · 1–4 Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 10:47 · 2–4
VGK BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 102018 🎰VGK @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO Oct 172017 ⚔️BUF @ 🎰VGK 4–5 OT
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Who won Golden Knights vs Sabres on October 8, 2018?

Sabres won 4–2. The final score was Golden Knights 2, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Erik Haula, Jonathan Marchessault.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jack Eichel (2), Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 13 saves on 17 shots (.765 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Carter Hutton made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeOct 6 🎰VGK @ 🌲MIN 2–1 AfterOct 10 🎰VGK @ 🦅WSH 2–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 6 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 AfterOct 11 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 6–1
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