Golden Knights 4, Sabres 1: Vegas Takes Care of Business in Buffalo

Vegas walked into Buffalo and left with a 4-1 win, and that's the headline whether you like it or not. The Golden Knights put four past the Sabres while Buffalo could only find the back of the net once, which leaves little room for debate about who had the better night.

Sabres fans will want to talk about what might have been, and that's fair to a point. One goal at home is not going to get the building on its feet, and a three-goal gap is a lot to climb out of. Nobody in Buffalo is going to enjoy reading that line the morning after.

Vegas gets credit for doing what good teams do: it got the goals it needed, kept the game from turning into a comeback story, and won without needing to look flashy. Four goals is a clean, professional result, the kind that wins quietly and leaves the other team looking like it needed a different night.

We're working from the final score here, so I won't hand you a highlight reel or pretend to know which line was buzzing. What we can say with confidence is that Vegas was the better team on the scoreboard. Buffalo has to turn one goal into several if it wants a different ending next time.