BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
L
L
W
L
W
W
L
OT
L
W
Final
3—2
2025-01-21 · Rogers Arena
VAN
VAN
Vancouver Canucks
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
L
L
W
L
OT
OT
L
W
L
VAN controlled xG 2.8 to 1.9 but BUF won on execution · BUF controlled 56.4% of 5v5 shot attempts

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
1.88
ACTUAL
3 — 2
VAN xG
2.76

Scoring Timeline

0.06
MED xG
BUF1P 17:34Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(21)
C · BUF · #72
Jiri Kulich (3)
BUF 1 - 0 VAN
0.12
HIGH xG
VAN2P 03:05Even Strength
Phillip Di Giuseppe
34
Phillip Di Giuseppe(1)
L · VAN · #34
Carson Soucy (6), J.T. Miller (24)
BUF 1 - 1 VAN
0.17
HIGH xG
VAN2P 10:29Even Strength
Elias Pettersson
40
Elias Pettersson(11)
C · VAN · #40
Quinn Hughes (39), Brock Boeser (14)
BUF 1 - 2 VAN
0.10
MED xG
BUF3P 08:42Even Strength
Jiri Kulich
20
Jiri Kulich(8)
C · BUF · #20
JJ Peterka (23), Rasmus Dahlin (27)
BUF 2 - 2 VAN
0.12
HIGH xG
BUF3P 13:33Even Strength
JJ Peterka
JJ Peterka(11)
R · BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (28), Jiri Kulich (4)
BUF 3 - 2 VAN

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
32/34 saves, .941 SV%, +1.3 GSAx
★2
Thatcher Demko
35
Thatcher Demko
G · VAN · #35
23/26 saves, .884 SV%, -1.1 GSAx
★3
Jiri Kulich
20
Jiri Kulich
C · BUF · #20
1G, 2A, 3 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

BUFVAN
26Shots34
1.88xGF2.76
56.4CF%43.6
50FO%50
0/2PP0/1
19Hits15
11Blocks12
22Giveaways12
3Takeaways3
2PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGVAN SOGBUF xGVAN xG
1st680.600.37
2nd9110.451.62
3rd8130.830.78
Total23321.882.77

Penalties

3 TOTAL
2P 03:45
BUF
Jack Quinntripping (2 min)
Drawn by Quinn Hughes
2P 16:58
VAN
Quinn Hughesholding (2 min)
Drawn by JJ Peterka
3P 00:27
VAN
Carson Soucyhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Tage Thompson