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Hertl Scores Twice in Third Period as Golden Knights Beat Sabres 4-1

Tomas Hertl scored at 5:43 and 10:00 of the third period as Vegas beat Buffalo 4-1 at KeyBank Center on Sunday. Marner and Eichel scored in the second, and Adin Hill made 27 saves.

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Hertl Scores Twice in Third Period as Golden Knights Beat Sabres 4-1

Key points

  • Tomas Hertl scored twice in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
  • The first period ended 0-0.
  • Eichel made it 2-0 at 13:43 of the second, 86 seconds after the Marner goal.

Tomas Hertl scored twice in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Sunday, November 8, 2026. Mitch Marner and Jack Eichel scored 86 seconds apart in the second period for Vegas, and Adin Hill made 27 saves.

Scoreless first, then two quick Vegas goals

The first period ended 0-0. Marner opened the scoring at 12:17 of the second period with a short-handed goal. He got his stick on a pass attempt by Tage Thompson at the blue line, took off on a breakaway and slid the puck past the left skate of Buffalo goaltender Colten Ellis.

Eichel made it 2-0 at 13:43 of the second, 86 seconds after the Marner goal. Ivan Barbashev pressured Owen Power behind the net, took the puck out front and fed Eichel, who scored with a quick wrist shot. It was Eichel's eighth goal of the season.

Hertl closes it out in the third

Beck Malenstyn cut the lead to 2-1 at 4:26 of the third period, poking the puck past Hill in a scramble in front of the net. It was Malenstyn's first goal of the season.

Hertl restored the two-goal lead 1 minute and 17 seconds later. At 5:43 he collected a backhand feed from Marner inside the blue line, went around Power and lifted a wrist shot over Ellis's right shoulder. At 10:00 he took a feed from Barbashev, who was moving up the middle, and beat Ellis over the glove from the slot. The second goal was Hertl's ninth of the season.

Marner finished with one goal and one assist. Barbashev had two assists. Ellis made 21 saves for Buffalo.

What the result means

Vegas improved to 12-5-2. The win was the Golden Knights' third in a row, and it extended their point streak to four games at 3-0-1. Vegas finished its road trip at 3-0-1.

Buffalo fell to 8-6-3. The Sabres had won four of their past five games before Sunday.

Buffalo concludes a four-game homestand against Tampa Bay on Wednesday night. Vegas begins a five-game homestand against Utah on Wednesday night.

Timeline

  1. Nov 8, 2026Mitch Marner scores short-handed at 12:17 of the second period and Jack Eichel scores at 13:43, 86 seconds later, to give Vegas a 2-0 lead over Buffalo at KeyBank Center.
  2. Nov 8, 2026Beck Malenstyn scores for Buffalo at 4:26 of the third period, then Tomas Hertl scores at 5:43 and 10:00 to close out a 4-1 Vegas win. Adin Hill makes 27 saves.

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