VAN
VAN
Vancouver Canucks
16-21-5 · L1 · L10: 4-4-2
OT
SO
L
W
L
L
W
W
W
W
Final
3—5
2026-01-06 · KeyBank Center
BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
22-15-4 · W1 · L10: 9-1-0
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
VAN controlled xG 4.4 to 2.8 but BUF won on execution · 1 empty-net goal padded the final margin

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
VAN xG
4.39
ACTUAL
3 — 5
BUF xG
2.77

Scoring Timeline

0.18
HIGH xG
BUF1P 02:01Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(21)
C · BUF · #72
Bowen Byram (12), Owen Power (10)
VAN 0 - 1 BUF
0.19
HIGH xG
BUF1P 11:24Power Play
Ryan McLeod
71
Ryan McLeod(8)
C · BUF · #71
Alex Tuch (21), Mattias Samuelsson (14)
VAN 0 - 2 BUF
0.16
HIGH xG
BUF2P 09:37Even Strength
Alex Tuch
89
Alex Tuch(13)
R · BUF · #89
Bowen Byram (13), Josh Norris (9)
VAN 0 - 3 BUF
0.18
HIGH xG
BUF3P 06:13Even Strength
Zach Metsa
Zach Metsa(1)
D · BUF
Beck Malenstyn (4), Jordan Greenway (4)
VAN 0 - 4 BUF
0.48
HIGH xG
VAN3P 10:17Power Play
Jake DeBrusk
74
Jake DeBrusk(11)
L · VAN · #74
Kiefer Sherwood (5), Brock Boeser (10)
VAN 1 - 4 BUF
0.11
HIGH xG
VAN3P 15:16Even Strength
Elias Pettersson
40
Elias Pettersson(11)
C · VAN · #40
Brock Boeser (11), Filip Hronek (23)
VAN 2 - 4 BUF
0.03
LOW xG
VAN3P 15:55Even Strength
Liam Ohgren
92
Liam Ohgren(3)
L · VAN · #92
Marcus Pettersson (8), Linus Karlsson (9)
VAN 3 - 4 BUF
0.43
HIGH xG
BUF3P 18:36Power PlayEN
Josh Doan
91
Josh Doan(13)
R · BUF · #91
VAN 3 - 5 BUF

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
34/37 saves, .918 SV%, +1.5 GSAx
★2
Thatcher Demko
35
Thatcher Demko
G · VAN · #35
15/19 saves, .789 SV%, -1.7 GSAx
★3
Alex Tuch
89
Alex Tuch
R · BUF · #89
1G, 1A, 3 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

VANBUF
37Shots20
4.39xGF2.77
52.3CF%47.7
46.4FO%53.6
1/4PP0/1
17Hits16
8Blocks14
16Giveaways15
4Takeaways5
2PIM8

Period Breakdown

PeriodVAN SOGBUF SOGVAN xGBUF xG
1st1571.741.31
2nd860.690.76
3rd1121.960.69
Total34154.392.76

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 03:21
BUF
Josh Norrishooking (2 min)
Drawn by Elias Pettersson
1P 10:49
BUF
Bowen Byraminterference (2 min)
Drawn by Brock Boeser
2P 05:09
VAN
Tom Willanderhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Jason Zucker
3P 08:26
BUF
Tage Thompsonhigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Jake DeBrusk