Vancouver Canucks 3 — 5 Buffalo Sabres
2026-01-06 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | VAN | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | 14 | 4 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 34 | 37 | 3 | 22/24 | 11/12 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Thatcher Demko start | VAN | L | 15 | 19 | 4 | 15/18 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 58:51 |
VAN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Boeser | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:37 |
| Jake DeBrusk | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:58 |
| Liam Ohgren | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| Linus Karlsson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| Elias Pettersson | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:41 |
| Filip Hronek | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:20 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 |
| Evander Kane | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 |
| Drew O'Connor | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| Max Sasson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 |
| Tyler Myers | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| Tom Willander | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Aatu Räty | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| Zeev Buium | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:50 |
| Nils Hoglander | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:53 |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:34 |
| David Kampf | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:50 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tuch | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:42 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:29 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:09 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 24:36 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:11 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11:56 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:59 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:49 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:12 |
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 |