Game Thread: Vegas Golden Knights (33-20-7) at Buffalo Sabres (28-28-4) – 02 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Vegas [](/r/goldenknights) Golden Knights (33-20-7) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (28-28-4)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|ESPN+, HULU|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020960) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020960/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020960/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020960/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brendan Brisson|William Karlsson|Jonathan Marchessault|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Kyle Okposo|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Ivan Barbashev|Chandler Stephenson|Michael Amadio|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Dylan Cozens|JJ Peterka|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Paul Cotter|Nicolas Roy|Keegan Kolesar|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Robinson|Peyton Krebs|Zemgus Girgensons|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Mason Morelli|Byron Froese|Sheldon Rempal|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alec Martinez|Alex Pietrangelo|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Jacob Bryson|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|Shea Theodore|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Connor Clifton|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Nicolas Hague|Zach Whitecloud|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vegas-golden-knights/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Erik Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Illness|DTD|Johnson won’t play Thursday versus Tampa Bay due to an illness.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Quinn (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|27 Mar 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|06 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Samuelsson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|15 Sep 2024|
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|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brett Howden|22 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Howden (upper body) was put on injured reserve Friday, according to Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun.|07 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Mark Stone|20 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Stone (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, SinBin.vegas reports.|07 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Pavel Dorofeyev|08 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Although Dorofeyev (upper body) is skating, he isn’t close to being ready to practice, coach Bruce Cassidy told Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun on Wednesday.|12 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Tobias Bjornfot|15 Feb 2024|Undisclosed|IR|Bjornfot (undisclosed) will join up with AHL Henderson on a conditioning loan, the team announced Thursday.|04 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jack Eichel|26 Feb 2024|Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|unknown|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|William Carrier||Upper Body|IR|Surgery|04 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Robin Lehner||Hip|IR-LT||18 Apr 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/vegas-golden-knights/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|60|28|28|4|60|0.500|2.88|2.98|16.09|78.92|31.57|29.13|46.20|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|60|33|20|7|73|0.608|3.20|2.83|19.29|80.86|30.97|30.85|49.45|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|36|33|18|15|2|4|2.46|0.914|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|20|19|9|7|2|0|3.30|0.891|
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|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|34|31|17|11|5|1|2.74|0.907|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|25|25|15|6|2|2|2.38|0.923|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=54 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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