Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
· KeyBank Center, Buffalo · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Vancouver Canucks |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Vancouver Canucks |
15 |
8 |
14 |
37 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
9 |
7 |
4 |
20 |
Three stars
- A. Tuch, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
- B. Byram, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)
- Z. Metsa, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
02:01 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson (21) |
Bowen Byram (12), Owen Power (10) |
Even strength |
VAN 0, BUF 1 |
| 1st |
11:24 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Ryan McLeod (8) |
Alex Tuch (21), Mattias Samuelsson (14) |
Shorthanded |
VAN 0, BUF 2 |
| 2nd |
09:37 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Alex Tuch (13) |
Bowen Byram (13), Josh Norris (9) |
Even strength |
VAN 0, BUF 3 |
| 3rd |
06:13 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Zach Metsa (1) |
Beck Malenstyn (4), Jordan Greenway (4) |
Even strength |
VAN 0, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
10:17 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Jake DeBrusk (11) |
Kiefer Sherwood (5), Brock Boeser (10) |
Power play |
VAN 1, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
15:16 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Elias Pettersson (11) |
Brock Boeser (11), Filip Hronek (23) |
Even strength |
VAN 2, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
15:55 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Liam Ohgren (3) |
Marcus Pettersson (8), Linus Karlsson (9) |
Even strength |
VAN 3, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
18:36 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Josh Doan (13) |
Unassisted |
Even strength, Empty net |
VAN 3, BUF 5 |
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 |
37 |
20 |
| Power play |
1 of 4 |
0 of 1 |
| Penalty minutes |
2 |
8 |
| Hits |
17 |
16 |
| Blocked shots |
8 |
14 |
| Giveaways |
16 |
15 |
| Takeaways |
4 |
5 |
| Faceoffs won |
26/56 (46.4%) |
30/56 (53.6%) |
Box score
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 6 B. Boeser |
R |
0 |
2 |
2 |
-3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
66.7% |
18:34 |
| Number 18 D. O'Connor |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:23 |
| Number 21 N. Hoglander |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
10:53 |
| Number 40 E. Pettersson |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
37.5% |
18:41 |
| Number 44 K. Sherwood |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
17:37 |
| Number 54 A. Räty |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75% |
12:09 |
| Number 63 M. Sasson |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
62.5% |
14:52 |
| Number 64 D. Kampf |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
27.3% |
13:50 |
| Number 74 J. DeBrusk |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
16:58 |
| Number 91 E. Kane |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100% |
18:11 |
| Number 92 L. Ohgren |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:09 |
| Number 94 L. Karlsson |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:25 |
| Number 5 T. Willander |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:40 |
| Number 7 P. Joseph |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
15:34 |
| Number 17 F. Hronek |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
26:20 |
| Number 24 Z. Buium |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22:50 |
| Number 29 M. Pettersson |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:37 |
| Number 57 T. Myers |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:26 |
Vancouver Canucks goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 35 T. Demko |
19 |
15 |
4 |
.789 |
58:51 |
Loss |
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 6 Z. Benson |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:52 |
| Number 9 J. Norris |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38.5% |
14:28 |
| Number 12 J. Greenway |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:11 |
| Number 17 J. Zucker |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100% |
14:11 |
| Number 19 P. Krebs |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
17:12 |
| Number 22 J. Quinn |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:11 |
| Number 29 B. Malenstyn |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
11:56 |
| Number 71 R. McLeod |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
58.8% |
14:30 |
| Number 72 T. Thompson |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
18:37 |
| Number 86 N. Ostlund |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
37.5% |
10:59 |
| Number 89 A. Tuch |
R |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
100% |
19:42 |
| Number 91 J. Doan |
R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:11 |
| Number 4 B. Byram |
D |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
24:29 |
| Number 23 M. Samuelsson |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
24:36 |
| Number 25 O. Power |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22:09 |
| Number 26 R. Dahlin |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
21:49 |
| Number 73 Z. Metsa |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:16 |
| Number 78 J. Bryson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
12:50 |
Buffalo Sabres goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 1 U. Luukkonen |
37 |
34 |
3 |
.919 |
60:00 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
03:21 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Josh Norris |
Hooking |
2 |
| 1st |
10:49 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Bowen Byram |
Interference |
2 |
| 2nd |
05:09 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Tom Willander |
Hooking |
2 |
| 3rd |
08:26 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson |
High sticking double minor |
4 |
Game information
- Vancouver Canucks head coach
- Adam Foote
- Buffalo Sabres head coach
- Lindy Ruff
- Referees
- Francois St-Laurent, Mike Sullivan
- Linesmen
- Brandon Gawryletz, Brad Kovachik
- Vancouver Canucks scratches
- Conor Garland, Arshdeep Bains, Elias Pettersson
- Buffalo Sabres scratches
- Zac Jones, Josh Dunne, Tyson Kozak
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 at New York Islanders
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 at Toronto Maple Leafs
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|
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 at Winnipeg Jets
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|
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2
 at Edmonton Oilers
6
|
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|
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 at San Jose Sharks
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|
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 at Seattle Kraken
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Sources and further reading
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