Second Period

A pair of fights preceded the two teams trading goals, which resulted in the Golden Knights carrying a 2-1 lead into the second intermission.

The first fight happened in response to Howden’s hit on Kulich, which knocked Kulich’s helmet off and left him injured on the ice. Peyton Krebs immediately shook off his gloves and fought Howden, receiving a 10-minute misconduct and a two-minute retaliation minor in addition to a fighting major. Howden only received a five-minute fighting major.

Buffalo killed off the penalty against Krebs, with a second fight between Jordan Greenway and Keegan Kolesar following soon after.

Dorofeyev increased Vegas’ lead to 2-0 with 7:54 left to play in the period, burying a loose puck behind Luukkonen after his initial shot was blocked by Owen Power.

McLeod responded for the Sabres just seven seconds later. Jacob Bryson delivered a stretch pass through the neutral zone to send McLeod over the blue line and McLeod beat Hill five-hole from the left faceoff dot.