Buffalo Sabres 3 — 2 Vancouver Canucks
2025-12-11 · Rogers Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | VAN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Demko start | VAN | L | 12 | 15 | 3 | 12/14 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 57:54 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 30 | 32 | 2 | 28/29 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 59:56 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:06 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24:51 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:43 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16:45 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:46 |
| Trevor Kuntar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:12 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:21 |
| Isak Rosen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:42 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:32 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 05:02 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:01 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21:27 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12:48 |
VAN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Sasson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Jake DeBrusk | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30:03 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:24 |
| Conor Garland | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 |
| Elias Pettersson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:11 |
| Evander Kane | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:29 |
| Filip Hronek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23:33 |
| Drew O'Connor | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| Nils Hoglander | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| Tom Willander | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| Tyler Myers | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:06 |
| Brock Boeser | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:26 |
| David Kampf | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| Linus Karlsson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:51 |
| Aatu Räty | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:40 |
| Arshdeep Bains | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:20 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | 2025-26 | VAN | 3 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2025-12-11 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | VAN | 2 | |
| 2025-01-21 | 2024-25 | BUF | 3 | VAN | 2 | |
| 2024-11-29 | 2024-25 | VAN | 4 | BUF | 3 | OT |
| 2024-03-19 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | VAN | 3 | |
| 2024-01-13 | 2023-24 | VAN | 1 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2022-11-15 | 2022-23 | VAN | 5 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2022-10-22 | 2022-23 | BUF | 5 | VAN | 1 | |
| 2022-03-20 | 2021-22 | BUF | 3 | VAN | 2 | OT |
| 2021-10-19 | 2021-22 | VAN | 2 | BUF | 5 |