Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Monday, December 7, 2015 · Rogers Arena
BELL TV · SNP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Monday, December 7, 2015 at Rogers Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canucks 34-31.
Radim Vrbata scored a hat trick. Brian Gionta, Brandon Prust, Henrik Sedin and Sam Reinhart also scored.
Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brian Gionta (3)Jamie McGinn (8)1–006:48 BUF
Radim Vrbata (7)Chris Higgins (1), Ben Hutton (9)1–108:08 VAN- Radim Vrbata (8)Dan Hamhuis (4), Daniel Sedin (18)1–216:42 VAN
2nd period
Brandon Prust (1)Derek Dorsett (4), Adam Cracknell (2)1–304:34 VAN
Henrik Sedin (9)Alexander Edler (10), Daniel Sedin (19)1–417:18 VAN · PPG
3rd period
Sam Reinhart (8)Ryan O'Reilly (14)2–401:51 BUF- Radim Vrbata (9)Adam Cracknell (3), Brandon Prust (6)2–514:28 VAN
Team stats
BUFVAN
34Shots on goal31
51%Faceoff %49%
0/3Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes6
33Hits24
13Blocked shots10
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 11:22
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 18:10Zach Bogosian · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:14
Daniel Sedin · tripping2 min - 2nd 11:49Evander Kane · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:13Nicolas Deslauriers · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:14Alexandre Burrows · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 16:59Evander Kane · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:05Mike Weber · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 22:05 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:38 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 06:27 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 25Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 24:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 60:00 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Radim VrbataR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 15:04 |
| 9Brandon PrustL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 24Adam CracknellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 20Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:52 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:41 |
| 27Ben HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:30 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 47Sven BaertschiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 91Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 44Matt BartkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 55Alex BiegaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 59:58 |