Buffalo Sabres roll past Vegas Golden Knights in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a first period — Vegas Golden Knights 0, Buffalo Sabres 1. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 10-6, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Noah Dobson opened the scoring for Buffalo Sabres on the power play at 18:21.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 1-for-2.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Vegas Golden Knights 0, Buffalo Sabres 0. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 16-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 16 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Vegas Golden Knights 0, Buffalo Sabres 3. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 15-13, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Jaccob Slavin extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres at 2:02, Noah Dobson extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres at 14:06, and Tyson Foerster extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres on the power play at 19:42.

Jordan Binnington was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-1 while Buffalo Sabres went 1-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.