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Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres

NHLJanuary 6, 2026KeyBank Center

CanucksVancouverVAN16-21-5

Canucks 3, Sabres 5

Final
SabresBuffaloBUFWon22-15-4
Score by period
Team123T
VAN0033
BUF2125

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against David Kampf
  3. 0:08Josh Norris Backhand saved by Thatcher Demko
  4. 0:17Giveaway by Kiefer Sherwood
  5. 0:25Kiefer Sherwood hit Bowen Byram
  6. 0:48Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  7. 0:59Tyler Myers Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  8. 1:01Goalie Stopped
  9. 1:01Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  10. 1:19Icing
  11. 1:19Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  12. 1:30Jake DeBrusk hit Bowen Byram
  13. 1:42Peyton Krebs hit Marcus Pettersson
  14. 2:01Tage Thompson Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (12), Owen Power (10)
  15. 2:01Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Aatu Raty
  16. 2:08Beck Malenstyn hit Zeev Buium
  17. 2:28Jordan Greenway hit Zeev Buium
  18. 2:42David Kampf hit Zach Metsa
  19. 3:09Puck in Crowd
  20. 3:09Jason Zucker faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  21. 3:21Josh Norris Hooking against Elias Pettersson
  22. 3:21Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  23. 3:37Kiefer Sherwood Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  24. 3:38Jake DeBrusk Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  25. 3:41Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  26. 3:43Brock Boeser Backhand Wide Left
  27. 4:01Mattias Samuelsson hit Kiefer Sherwood
  28. 4:11Jake DeBrusk Tip-In Hit Right Post
  29. 4:28Tom Willander shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  30. 4:34Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  31. 4:35Kiefer Sherwood Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  32. 4:39Brock Boeser Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  33. 5:12Evander Kane shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  34. 5:14Evander Kane Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  35. 5:15Goalie Stopped
  36. 5:15Peyton Krebs faceoff won against David Kampf
  37. 5:33Josh Doan hit David Kampf
  38. 6:27Josh Doan hit Kiefer Sherwood
  39. 6:29Nils Hoglander Tip-In Wide Right
  40. 6:56Zach Benson shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  41. 7:42Off-side
  42. 7:42Alex Tuch faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  43. 8:08Josh Norris shot blocked by Zeev Buium
  44. 8:15Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  45. 8:20Filip Hronek hit Jason Zucker
  46. 8:25Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  47. 8:55Aatu Raty Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  48. 9:26Giveaway by Tom Willander
  49. 9:28Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  50. 10:00Kiefer Sherwood hit Beck Malenstyn
  51. 10:17Drew O'Connor Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  52. 10:20Goalie Stopped
  53. 10:20Brock Boeser faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  54. 10:27Evander Kane Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  55. 10:29Goalie Stopped
  56. 10:29Brock Boeser faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  57. 10:42Brock Boeser Tip-In Wide Left
  58. 10:45Evander Kane Wrist Shot Wide Right
  59. 10:49Bowen Byram Interference against Brock Boeser
  60. 10:49Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  61. 11:10Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot Wide Right
  62. 11:24Ryan McLeod Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (21), Mattias Samuelsson (14)
  63. 11:24Max Sasson faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  64. 11:43Giveaway by Zeev Buium
  65. 12:11Takeaway by Linus Karlsson
  66. 12:37Evander Kane Wrist Shot Wide Left
  67. 13:07Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  68. 13:09Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
  69. 13:10Tage Thompson Tip-In Wide Right
  70. 13:14Tage Thompson Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  71. 13:14Tyler Myers hit Josh Doan
  72. 13:21Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Nils Hoglander
  73. 13:28Tage Thompson Tip-In Wide Right
  74. 14:01Josh Doan hit Nils Hoglander
  75. 14:49Filip Hronek shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  76. 14:59Filip Hronek Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  77. 15:01Zeev Buium shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
  78. 15:12Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Thatcher Demko
  79. 15:14Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  80. 15:48Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  81. 15:51Puck in Netting
  82. 15:51Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  83. 16:34Giveaway by Josh Doan
  84. 16:40Max Sasson Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  85. 16:42Goalie Stopped
  86. 16:42Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brock Boeser
  87. 16:56Giveaway by Tom Willander
  88. 17:06Marcus Pettersson hit Jack Quinn
  89. 17:13Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  90. 17:27Nils Hoglander shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  91. 17:29Liam Ohgren Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  92. 17:31Goalie Stopped
  93. 17:31Josh Norris faceoff won against Liam Ohgren
  94. 17:39Nils Hoglander hit Jacob Bryson
  95. 18:00Takeaway by Filip Hronek
  96. 18:34Kiefer Sherwood hit Rasmus Dahlin
  97. 19:14Icing
  98. 19:14Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  99. 19:15Tage Thompson shot blocked by Josh Doan
  100. 19:29Linus Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  101. 19:46Bowen Byram shot blocked by Elias Pettersson
  102. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00David Kampf faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:04Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
  4. 0:19Giveaway by Owen Power
  5. 0:43Takeaway by Owen Power
  6. 0:45Giveaway by Owen Power
  7. 0:54Puck in Crowd
  8. 0:54Tage Thompson faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  9. 1:12Linus Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  10. 1:15Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  11. 1:16Linus Karlsson Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  12. 1:17Goalie Stopped
  13. 1:17Max Sasson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  14. 1:27Giveaway by Max Sasson
  15. 1:48Giveaway by Evander Kane
  16. 2:14Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  17. 2:16Goalie Stopped
  18. 2:16Aatu Raty faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  19. 2:24Puck Frozen - Goalie
  20. 2:24Tage Thompson faceoff won against David Kampf
  21. 2:27Tage Thompson shot blocked by Tyler Myers
  22. 2:58Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  23. 3:11Drew O'Connor Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  24. 3:13Goalie Stopped
  25. 3:13Aatu Raty faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  26. 3:15Liam Ohgren Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  27. 3:18Beck Malenstyn hit Filip Hronek
  28. 3:29Filip Hronek shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  29. 3:40Icing
  30. 3:40Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  31. 3:47Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  32. 3:51Linus Karlsson hit Mattias Samuelsson
  33. 4:03Takeaway by Filip Hronek
  34. 4:43Icing
  35. 4:43Evander Kane faceoff won against Josh Norris
  36. 4:46Evander Kane Tip-In Wide Left
  37. 5:09Tom Willander Hooking against Jason Zucker
  38. 5:09Aatu Raty faceoff won against Josh Norris
  39. 5:34Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot Wide Left
  40. 5:35Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  41. 5:51Puck in Crowd
  42. 5:51Aatu Raty faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  43. 5:53Alex Tuch Backhand Wide Right
  44. 7:17Alex Tuch hit Marcus Pettersson
  45. 8:00Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Josh Doan
  46. 8:06Peyton Krebs Slap Shot Short
  47. 8:43Jacob Bryson Slap Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  48. 8:47Jordan Greenway shot blocked by Brock Boeser
  49. 9:08Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
  50. 9:11Puck in Netting
  51. 9:11David Kampf faceoff won against Josh Norris
  52. 9:37Alex Tuch Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (13), Josh Norris (9)
  53. 9:37Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  54. 10:11Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  55. 10:46Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  56. 11:06Tage Thompson shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  57. 11:33Peyton Krebs hit Filip Hronek
  58. 11:54Puck in Benches
  59. 11:54Max Sasson faceoff won against Josh Norris
  60. 12:01Bowen Byram shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  61. 12:10Brock Boeser hit Mattias Samuelsson
  62. 12:28Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  63. 12:31Goalie Stopped
  64. 12:31Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  65. 12:34Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Left
  66. 12:58Icing
  67. 12:58Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  68. 13:03Bowen Byram shot blocked by Jake DeBrusk
  69. 13:18Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  70. 13:20Goalie Stopped
  71. 13:20Josh Norris faceoff won against David Kampf
  72. 13:32Giveaway by Josh Norris
  73. 13:47Filip Hronek shot blocked by Drew O'Connor
  74. 13:49Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot Wide Right
  75. 14:07Icing
  76. 14:07Noah Ostlund faceoff won against David Kampf
  77. 14:28Jacob Bryson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  78. 14:36Giveaway by Jordan Greenway
  79. 15:05Max Sasson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  80. 15:18Tom Willander Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  81. 15:36Icing
  82. 15:36Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  83. 15:59Giveaway by Elias Pettersson
  84. 16:14Puck Frozen - Goalie
  85. 16:14Ryan McLeod faceoff won against David Kampf
  86. 16:23Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  87. 16:47Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  88. 16:52Bowen Byram Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  89. 17:22Puck Frozen - Goalie
  90. 17:22Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  91. 17:25Tyler Myers Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  92. 17:29Goalie Stopped
  93. 17:29Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Josh Norris
  94. 17:39Brock Boeser Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  95. 17:52Evander Kane shot blocked by Owen Power
  96. 17:54P.O Joseph Wrist Shot Wide Left
  97. 18:24Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
  98. 18:25Liam Ohgren hit Jacob Bryson
  99. 18:32Puck in Benches
  100. 18:32David Kampf faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  101. 18:52Tage Thompson hit Marcus Pettersson
  102. 19:59Zeev Buium Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  103. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:31Giveaway by Zeev Buium
  4. 0:51Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  5. 1:03Jake DeBrusk hit Owen Power
  6. 1:08Giveaway by Tyler Myers
  7. 1:22Icing
  8. 1:22Ryan McLeod faceoff won against David Kampf
  9. 1:31Bowen Byram Slap Shot Wide Right
  10. 2:15Giveaway by Max Sasson
  11. 2:21Marcus Pettersson hit Beck Malenstyn
  12. 2:50Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  13. 3:15Giveaway by Elias Pettersson
  14. 4:28David Kampf hit Bowen Byram
  15. 4:32Kiefer Sherwood hit Josh Doan
  16. 4:35Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  17. 5:06Liam Ohgren Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  18. 5:31Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  19. 5:33Goalie Stopped
  20. 5:33Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  21. 5:55Jordan Greenway Backhand Hit Right Post
  22. 6:02Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Thatcher Demko
  23. 6:10Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  24. 6:13Zach Metsa Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Beck Malenstyn (4), Jordan Greenway (4)
  25. 6:13Josh Norris faceoff won against Aatu Raty
  26. 6:17Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  27. 6:29Off-side
  28. 6:29Aatu Raty faceoff won against Josh Norris
  29. 6:57Tom Willander Slap Shot Wide Right
  30. 7:12Nils Hoglander shot blocked by Aatu Raty
  31. 7:15Aatu Raty Tip-In Wide Left
  32. 7:27Aatu Raty shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  33. 7:45Icing
  34. 7:45Tage Thompson faceoff won against David Kampf
  35. 8:26Tage Thompson High-sticking - double minor against Jake DeBrusk
  36. 8:26Max Sasson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  37. 8:29Max Sasson Tip-In Wide Left
  38. 8:31Linus Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 8:41Evander Kane shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  40. 8:42Puck in Netting
  41. 8:42Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Max Sasson
  42. 9:16Giveaway by Zeev Buium
  43. 9:17Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  44. 9:24Zeev Buium shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  45. 10:14Kiefer Sherwood Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  46. 10:17Jake DeBrusk Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (5), Brock Boeser (10)
  47. 10:17Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Max Sasson
  48. 10:37Filip Hronek shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  49. 11:21Jordan Greenway hit Elias Pettersson
  50. 11:23Jake DeBrusk Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  51. 11:25Jake DeBrusk Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  52. 11:27Goalie Stopped
  53. 11:27Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  54. 12:40Icing
  55. 12:40Aatu Raty faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  56. 12:41Filip Hronek Slap Shot Wide Left
  57. 13:15Nils Hoglander hit Noah Ostlund
  58. 13:24Giveaway by Liam Ohgren
  59. 13:32Takeaway by Peyton Krebs
  60. 13:39Takeaway by Linus Karlsson
  61. 14:17Peyton Krebs hit Kiefer Sherwood
  62. 14:50Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  63. 15:07Evander Kane Wrist Shot Short
  64. 15:16Elias Pettersson Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Boeser (11), Filip Hronek (23)
  65. 15:16Max Sasson faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  66. 15:33Beck Malenstyn hit Liam Ohgren
  67. 15:51Liam Ohgren shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  68. 15:55Liam Ohgren Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Pettersson (8), Linus Karlsson (9)
  69. 15:55Timeout - Home
  70. 15:55Tage Thompson faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  71. 16:02Giveaway by Josh Doan
  72. 16:03Tage Thompson hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  73. 16:07Peyton Krebs hit Evander Kane
  74. 16:18Evander Kane Wrist Shot Wide Left
  75. 16:23Evander Kane Tip-In Wide Left
  76. 17:08Tom Willander shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  77. 17:59Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  78. 18:18Puck in Benches
  79. 18:18Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  80. 18:36Josh Doan Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  81. 18:36Josh Norris faceoff won against Max Sasson
  82. 19:04Max Sasson Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  83. 19:11Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  84. 19:13Goalie Stopped
  85. 19:13Tage Thompson faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  86. 19:22Brock Boeser Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  87. 19:24Evander Kane Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  88. 19:29Zeev Buium shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  89. 19:30Brock Boeser Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  90. 19:32Goalie Stopped
  91. 19:32Tage Thompson faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
  92. 19:38Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  93. 19:43Evander Kane shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  94. 19:54Puck Frozen - Goalie
  95. 19:54Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  96. 19:56Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  97. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  98. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 2:01VAN 0, BUF 1Tage Thompson Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (12), Owen Power (10)
  2. 11:24VAN 0, BUF 2Ryan McLeod Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (21), Mattias Samuelsson (14)

2nd

  1. 9:37VAN 0, BUF 3Alex Tuch Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (13), Josh Norris (9)

3rd

  1. 6:13VAN 0, BUF 4Zach Metsa Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Beck Malenstyn (4), Jordan Greenway (4)
  2. 10:17VAN 1, BUF 4Jake DeBrusk Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (5), Brock Boeser (10)
  3. 15:16VAN 2, BUF 4Elias Pettersson Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Boeser (11), Filip Hronek (23)
  4. 15:55VAN 3, BUF 4Liam Ohgren Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Pettersson (8), Linus Karlsson (9)
  5. 18:36VAN 3, BUF 5Josh Doan Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

CanucksVancouver

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Elias Pettersson C10-2001018:4137.531592000231114:054:080:28
Jake DeBrusk LW10-2021016:580.04000010211112:154:060:37
Liam Ohgren LW101010013:090.0410100017312:590:100:00
Aatu Raty C000000012:0975.0126001017311:190:200:30
Brock Boeser RW02-3011018:3466.7312003023913:484:120:34
David Kampf C00-1020013:5027.3083000020213:100:110:29
Drew O'Connor LW00-1000012:230.03001010171011:460:110:26
Evander Kane LW00-2000018:11100.0301106023614:054:060:00
Kiefer Sherwood LW01-2040017:370.06001030231713:143:290:54
Linus Karlsson C011010015:250.03000012211012:163:090:00
Max Sasson C000000014:5262.5235202021811:403:120:00
Nils Hoglander LW000021010:530.0000001015010:270:260:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Filip Hronek D010010026:2010000120.027322:163:080:56
Marcus Pettersson D010020018:3700020000.022117:030:001:34
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D00-1002015:3400000100.020015:010:330:00
Tom Willander D00-1000216:4010021100.023212:334:070:00
Tyler Myers D00-2011016:2620010000.019114:180:361:32
Zeev Buium D00-1001022:5010030000.024419:393:110:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Thatcher Demko G19415.78958:5100150000

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