Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- Expected goals, BUF–VGK
- 2.3–3.5
- all situations, empty nets out
- VGK share of xG
- 60.1%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 25–29
- BUF–VGK
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Golden Knights created more, 3.5 expected goals to 2.3, and lost 2-0 to the Sabres. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 29 shots for the shutout. Josh Doan scored the winner.
- Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenShutout
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 29 shots for the shutout. The shots he faced were worth 3.5 goals to an average goalie. It finished 2-0 for the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
BUFVGK
0204060
BUF 38VGK 48
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Where the shots came from
2 goals from 86 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
GoalShot or miss
← BUF shootingVGK shooting →
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 22:51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 22:20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 4 | 40 |
| Owen Power D | 21:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Bowen Byram D | 21:31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Tage Thompson C | 19:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 2 | 2 | 46 |
| Zach Benson L | 17:17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.36 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 16:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Logan Stanley D | 16:18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 15:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Jack Quinn R | 15:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Jason Zucker L | 14:55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sam Carrick C | 13:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Josh Doan R | 13:30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.28 | 1 | 0 | 78 |
| Josh Norris C | 13:28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.38 | 0 | 2 | 82 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 12:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Zach Metsa D | 11:53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 11:10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 11:10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Marner R | 22:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Rasmus Andersson D | 21:15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| Shea Theodore D | 20:37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Noah Hanifin D | 20:23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Jack Eichel C | 20:06 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Mark Stone R | 19:10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Brayden McNabb D | 18:37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.29 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| Tomas Hertl C | 17:39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.58 | 5 | 0 | 76 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev R | 17:18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Jeremy Lauzon D | 15:40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 3 | 1 | 92 |
| Ivan Barbashev L | 14:31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Braeden Bowman R | 14:04 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.29 | 0 | 1 | 68 |
| Brett Howden C | 13:56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | 72 |
| Colton Sissons C | 13:49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 2 | 2 | 61 |
| Kaedan Korczak D | 13:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 92 |
| Nic Dowd C | 11:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| Keegan Kolesar R | 10:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 3 | 2 | 46 |
| Cole Smith R | 10:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 68 |
Pro: expected goals, minute by minute
The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro
The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.