Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Saturday, January 11, 2020 on the road.

Final score, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Vancouver Canucks 6 36-27-6
at Buffalo Sabres 3 30-31-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Vancouver Canucks 1 1 4 6
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Vancouver Canucks 13 9 13 35
Buffalo Sabres 9 9 10 28

Three stars

  1. B. Boeser, Vancouver Canucks (2 goals)
  2. B. Horvat, Vancouver Canucks (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. Q. Hughes, Vancouver Canucks (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:44 Buffalo Sabres Brandon Montour (3) Rasmus Dahlin (22), Jack Eichel (30) Even strength VAN 0, BUF 1
1st 15:33 Vancouver Canucks Brock Boeser (15) Troy Stecher (6), J.T. Miller (26) Even strength VAN 1, BUF 1
2nd 03:44 Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat (13) Tanner Pearson (20), Quinn Hughes (27) Even strength VAN 2, BUF 1
2nd 06:25 Buffalo Sabres Sam Reinhart (15) Rasmus Dahlin (23), Jack Eichel (31) Power play VAN 2, BUF 2
3rd 01:17 Vancouver Canucks J.T. Miller (16) Elias Pettersson (27) Even strength VAN 3, BUF 2
3rd 03:28 Buffalo Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (7) Kyle Okposo (5), Rasmus Ristolainen (16) Even strength VAN 3, BUF 3
3rd 06:24 Vancouver Canucks Brock Boeser (16) Chris Tanev (11) Even strength VAN 4, BUF 3
3rd 07:38 Vancouver Canucks Jake Virtanen (13) Tyler Motte (2), Adam Gaudette (11) Even strength VAN 5, BUF 3
3rd 17:48 Vancouver Canucks Loui Eriksson (4) Bo Horvat (25), Tanner Pearson (21) Even strength, Empty net VAN 6, BUF 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
Stat Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 35 28
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 11 15
Blocked shots 12 6
Giveaways 0 8
Takeaways 2 3
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 6 B. Boeser R 2 0 2 +4 0 8 0 1 0 15:08
Number 9 J. Miller C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 1 0 61.5% 18:15
Number 18 J. Virtanen R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 14:15
Number 21 L. Eriksson L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 17:06
Number 26 A. Roussel L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 13:30
Number 40 E. Pettersson C 0 1 1 +3 2 2 0 0 0 14:41
Number 53 B. Horvat C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 1 0 57.9% 19:15
Number 59 T. Schaller L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 13:45
Number 64 T. Motte C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 10:38
Number 70 T. Pearson L 0 2 2 +2 0 1 2 0 0 16:48
Number 83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 0 0 36.4% 11:12
Number 88 A. Gaudette R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 50% 14:56
Number 5 O. Fantenberg D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15:06
Number 8 C. Tanev D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 19:24
Number 23 A. Edler D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 2 0 21:23
Number 43 Q. Hughes D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 22:49
Number 51 T. Stecher D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 1 0 13:51
Number 57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 2 0 24:01
Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 25 J. Markstrom 28 25 3 .893 59:39 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 J. Eichel C 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 0 0 41.7% 22:46
Number 13 J. Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 16:47
Number 21 K. Okposo R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 11:51
Number 22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 71.4% 14:02
Number 23 S. Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 0 1 21:17
Number 27 C. Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 71.4% 08:50
Number 28 Z. Girgensons C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 0 0 14:50
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 0 0 16:31
Number 67 M. Frolik R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 25% 13:06
Number 71 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 10:00
Number 74 R. Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 06:43
Number 90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 0 0 20:25
Number 10 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 18:17
Number 19 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 16:00
Number 24 L. Pilut D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0 17:42
Number 26 R. Dahlin D 0 2 2 -2 0 2 0 0 0 24:16
Number 55 R. Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 0 0 20:57
Number 62 B. Montour D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 2 0 22:35
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 C. Hutton 34 29 5 .853 59:05 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:17 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen Hooking 2
1st 06:05 Vancouver Canucks Jay Beagle Holding 2
2nd 06:07 Vancouver Canucks Jay Beagle Holding 2
2nd 09:34 Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson Tripping 2
2nd 11:01 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Vancouver Canucks head coach
Travis Green
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Ralph Krueger
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Jean Hebert
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Kory Nagy
Vancouver Canucks scratches
Jordie Benn, Zack MacEwen
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Zach Bogosian, Scott Wilson, Colin Miller

2019-2020 season series

Every Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Vancouver Canucks 6 Final/OT Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Dec 7, 2019
Vancouver Canucks 6 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Jan 11, 2020

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