San Jose – New Jersey 3:2 (end) | Winnipeg – Detroit 2:4 (end) | Toronto – Boston 6:4 (end)
Carolina – Minnesota 0:4 (end) | Columbus – St. Louis 6:4 (end) | Colorado – Montreal 1:2 (0:2 after SO)
Dallas – Utah 3:2 (after OT) | Los Angeles – Tampa 2:1 (end) | Calgary – Nashville 1:4 (end)
Vegas – Buffalo 3:1 (end) | Seattle – Edmonton 2:4 (end) | Chicago – Rangers 2:6 (end)
final
Vegas Golden Knights
3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1)
Buffalo Sabres
Sunday 05.01.2025, 04:00 • T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas • NHL
     
    Game over. (06:33:14)
     
    59:16
    Penalty for Vegas Golden Knights:
    Adin Hill – 2 min., delay of game / shooting or throwing the puck out.
    57:39 Jason Zucker (BUF) - 3:1
     
    57:39
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is JASON ZUCKER. Assisted by Rasmus Dahlin, John Peterka.
     
    56:13
    Penalty for Vegas Golden Knights:
    Keegan Kolesar – 2 min., high-sticking.
     
    53:13
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Alex Tuch – 2 min., boarding.
    47:44 Jack Eichel (VEG) - 3:0
     
    47:44
    Team Vegas with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is JACK EICHEL. Assisted by Tanner Pearson, Noah Hanifin.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    33:35
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Dylan Cozens – 2 min., holding.
     
    28:03
    Penalty for Vegas Golden Knights:
    Tomáš Hertl – 2 min., interference.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
    12:23 Mark Stone (VEG) - 2:0
     
    12:23
    Team Vegas with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is MARK STONE. Assisted by Jack Eichel, Tanner Pearson.
    04:53 Tanner Laczynski (VEG) - 1:0
     
    04:53
    Team Vegas with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is TANNER LACZYNSKI. Assisted by Brett Howden, Zach Whitecloud.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 04:00.
    Goals and assists: 5. Laczynski (Howden, Whitecloud), 13. Stone (Eichel, Pearson), 48. Eichel (Pearson, Hanifin) – 58. Zucker (Dahlin, Peterka)


    Vegas Golden Knights: Hill (Samsonov) – McNabb, Theodore, Hanifin, Pietrangelo (A), Hague, Whitecloud – Pearson, Eichel, Stone (C) – Hertl, W. Karlsson (A), Dorofejev – Howden, Laczynski, Kolesar – Roendbjerg, Schwindt, Holtz.
    Coach: Bruce Cassidy

    Buffalo Sabres: Reimer (Luukkonen) – Dahlin (C), Byram, Samuelsson (A), Power, Gilbert, Clifton – Zucker, Cozens, T. Thompson (A) – Quinn, Kulich, Tuch – Benson, Krebs, Peterka – Malenstyn, McLeod, Aube-Kubel.
    Coach: Lindy Ruff

    Referees: Kea, Rank – Gawryletz, Murchison

    Attendance: 18 111