The Vegas Golden Knights (28-18-14) open the season series with the Buffalo Sabres (35-19-6) on Tuesday at 4 p.m. PT at KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n
BROADCAST INFORMATION NOTES The Golden Knights are sixth in the NHL with 44 power-play goals this season.<\/p>\n Keegan Kolesar<\/a> leads the Golden Knights and sits fifth in the NHL with 209 hits.<\/p>\n The Golden Knights have scored the third-most goals in the league (80) since the beginning of 2026.<\/p>\n VGK MILESTONE WATCH CAREER MILESTONE WATCH VGK SCORING LEADERS BY THE NUMBERS 82 \u2013 Vegas has the most third-period goals in the league with 82.<\/p>\n 295 \u2013 Tomas Hertl is third in the NHL with 295 offensive zone face-off wins.<\/p>\n LAST TIME OUT 2024-25 SEASON SERIES OPPOSITION UPDATE PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS A VEGAS VICTORY WOULD\u2026 KEYS TO THE GAME Special Teams: The Golden Knights have been strong on the power play all season, but struggled to generate offense in Pittsburgh. The Golden Knights need to get back to their identity by creating sustained pressure in the offensive zone and converting quality looks with an extra man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vegas Golden Knights (28-18-14) open the season series with the Buffalo Sabres (35-19-6) on Tuesday at 4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-516377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
TV: Scripps Sports (The Spot-Vegas 34 in Vegas;\u00a0full network<\/a>)
Streaming:\u00a0KnightTime+<\/a>
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 94.7\/1340<\/p>\n
Adin Hill<\/a> appeared in his 200th NHL game on Sunday, with 126 being played with the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n
Jack Eichel<\/a> \u2013 Six games away from 300 games as a Golden Knight
Shea Theodore<\/a> \u2013 Seven assists away from 300 assists as a Golden Knight<\/p>\n
Colton Sissons<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 One goal away from 100 career goals\u00a0
Rasmus Andersson<\/a> \u2013 Five games away from 600 career games<\/p>\n
Jack Eichel \u2013 68 points (21G, 47A)
Mark Stone<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 60 points (21G, 39A)
Mitch Marner<\/a> \u2013 59 points (16G, 43A)
Tomas Hertl<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 51 points (23G, 28A)
Pavel Dorofeyev<\/a> \u2013 47 points (28G, 19A)<\/p>\n
25.6 \u2013 The Golden Knights are sixth in the NHL for power-play percentage (25.6%).<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights were shut out, 5-0, by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena.<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights and Buffalo Sabres each won a game in the season series last year, but Vegas skated away with three out of four possible points. In the team\u2019s first meeting on Jan. 4, 2025, at T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights beat the Sabres, 3-1. Jack Eichel registered a multi-point night (1G, 1A), while Tanner Laczynski<\/a> scored his first goal with the Golden Knights and Mark Stone netted the game-winning goal. Adin Hill stopped 23 out of 24 shots and registered a .958 save percentage in the victory. On March 15, 2025, at KeyBank Arena, the Golden Knights fell, 4-3, in a shootout against the Sabres. Despite the loss, Brett Howden<\/a>, Pavel Dorofeyev and Eichel found the back of the net. On the opposition, Ryan McLeod, Jason Zucker and Rasmus Dahlin all recorded goals, with Alex Tuch scoring the shootout winner.<\/p>\n
The Sabres sit second in the Atlantic Division with a record of 35-19-6 and 76 points. The Sabres are on a three-game win streak and have gone 4-1-1 in their last six\u00a0outings. On Friday, Buffalo beat the Florida Panthers, 3-2, at Amerant Bank Arena, then followed it up with a 6-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.\u00a0Tage Thompson leads the Sabres with 63 points (32G, 31A), followed by Alex Tuch (24G, 27A), and\u00a0Rasmus Dahlin (12G, 39A) with 51 points each.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights \u2013 28-18-14, 70 points
Anaheim Ducks \u2013 33-23-3, 69 points
Seattle Kraken \u2013 29-22-9, 67 points
Edmonton Oilers \u2013 29-24-8, 66 points
San Jose Sharks \u2013 29-25-4, 62 points
Los Angeles Kings \u2013 24-22-14, 62 points
Calgary Flames \u2013 24-28-7, 55 points
Vancouver Canucks \u2013 18-35-7, 43 points<\/p>\n
– Mark the 390th\u00a0win in franchise history
– Give the Golden Knights a 8-6-1 all-time record against the Sabres<\/p>\n
Recharge and Reset: After a tough loss on Sunday, the Golden Knights are looking to flip the script in Buffalo. Head Coach Bruce Cassidy says that he wants to see the group bring more energy, win board battles, and generate stronger scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n