Golden Knights at Sabres
The Vegas Golden Knights have established a number of records in their inaugural season and have another within their sights as they resume a five-game road trip with a matinee against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. Vegas is 2-1-0 on its current trek to reach 19 victories away from home, tying Anaheim for the most road wins by an expansion club.
After losing four of their previous five, the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights blanked Detroit 4-0 behind two goals from Alex Tuch, who also scored in a 5-4 overtime win over Buffalo on Oct. 17. "You're not going to be perfect the whole year," Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury said. "You're going to have ups and downs, but we don't' stay down long." The Sabres have a league-low 10 wins at KeyBank Center, but they have a chance to pad that total in the opener of a six-game homestand. Jacob Josefson scored the decisive goal in the shootout in Thursday's 4-3 win at Ottawa, Buffalo's fourth win in its last six games.
TV: 1 p.m. ET, AT&T Sportsnet-Rocky Mountain (Vegas), MSG-Buffalo
ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (43-19-5): Cody Eakin broke out of a lengthy offensive funk by scoring a pair of goals and setting up another in Thursday's win, which came on the heels of a 25-game stretch in which he managed just one tally and one assist. “It’s nice to contribute,” Eakin said. “I was looking to take it to the net, and I thought we didn’t really force anything." Fleury registered his third shutout of the season and 47th of his career to move within two wins of becoming the 13th netminder in history to reach 400.
ABOUT THE SABRES (22-35-11): Buffalo learned Friday that forward Kyle Okposo suffered his second concussion in less than a year when he collided with Ottawa's Bobby Ryan in Thursday's game. "Just seeing him last night, I thought he was in a good place," coach Phil Housley said. "Obviously, there's things that can happen down the road. But from my perspective, he was in good spirits, so that was a good sign." Ryan O'Reilly, who has points in five of his last six games, scored twice in the early-season matchup at Vegas.
OVERTIME
1. Fleury is 20-5-3 with four shutouts against Buffalo.
2. Sabres F Sam Reinhart has four goals and nine points in his last nine games.
3. Golden Knights D Nate Schmidt, who has missed the past four games, was back at practice Friday.