Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2015 · First Niagara Center
BELL TV · SNP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 31-24.
Torrey Mitchell scored twice. Shawn Matthias, Jannik Hansen, Chris Stewart, Andrej Meszaros, Daniel Sedin, Brian Flynn and Brian Gionta also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Eddie Lack stopped 18 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Torrey Mitchell (4)Matt Moulson (18), Brian Gionta (11)0–113:07 BUF
Shawn Matthias (15)Nick Bonino (15), Dan Hamhuis (13)1–114:09 VAN
2nd period
Jannik Hansen (12)Dan Hamhuis (14)2–105:42 VAN
Chris Stewart (11)Unassisted2–208:59 BUF
3rd period
Andrej Meszaros (2)Unassisted2–304:46 BUF
Daniel Sedin (14)Henrik Sedin (44)3–307:27 VAN- Torrey Mitchell (5)Brian Gionta (12), Matt Moulson (19)3–412:43 BUF
Brian Flynn (5)Chris Stewart (14), Mark Pysyk (1)3–518:28 BUF
Brian Gionta (7)Unassisted3–619:58 BUF · EN
Team stats
VANBUF
31Shots on goal24
57%Faceoff %43%
0/0Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes0
12Hits23
3Blocked shots17
4Giveaways4
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 00:27
Yannick Weber · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 23:57 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:55 |
| 27Shawn MatthiasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 7Linden VeyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 9Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 20Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:43 |
| 41Ronalds KeninsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 51Derek DorsettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 5Luca SbisaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 6Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:17 |
| 18Ryan StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 44Adam ClendeningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 55Alex BiegaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie LackG | L | 23 | 18 | 5 | .783 | 58:45 |
| 35Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 19:29 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:57 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:00 |
| 20Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:25 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:46 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:11 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 60:00 |
| 35Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |