Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 2019 · Rogers Arena
SN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in overtime on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Rogers Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 30-28.
Josh Leivo scored twice and Antoine Roussel scored twice. Kyle Okposo, Sam Reinhart, Victor Olofsson, Tyler Myers, Zemgus Girgensons, Marcus Johansson and J.T. Miller also scored.
Thatcher Demko made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 24 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Josh Leivo (5)Jordie Benn (6), Troy Stecher (4)0–112:57 VAN
2nd period
Antoine Roussel (2)Tyler Myers (5), Jake Virtanen (7)0–203:07 VAN
Kyle Okposo (2)Johan Larsson (6), Jeff Skinner (7)1–205:24 BUF
Sam Reinhart (11)Rasmus Ristolainen (11), Victor Olofsson (14)2–206:28 BUF- Josh Leivo (6)Elias Pettersson (21), Brock Boeser (16)2–317:11 VAN
Victor Olofsson (12)Sam Reinhart (12), Jack Eichel (22)3–319:16 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Tyler Myers (1)J.T. Miller (18), Tanner Pearson (11)3–404:51 VAN · SHG- Antoine Roussel (3)Jake Virtanen (8), Troy Stecher (5)3–510:40 VAN
Zemgus Girgensons (4)Johan Larsson (7)4–512:05 BUF
Marcus Johansson (5)Jack Eichel (23), Rasmus Ristolainen (12)5–519:01 BUF
OT period
J.T. Miller (13)Quinn Hughes (22), Brock Boeser (17)5–603:21 VAN · PPG
Team stats
BUFVAN
28Shots on goal30
36%Faceoff %64%
1/4Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits29
7Blocked shots15
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 02:01
Kyle Okposo · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:12
Jake Virtanen · slashing2 min - 2nd 14:51Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:50Quinn Hughes · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:35Antoine Roussel · tripping2 min
- OT 02:09Henri Jokiharju · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:35 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:56 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 22:01 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 25:43 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:51 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:46 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | O | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 62:00 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 9J.T. MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 17Josh LeivoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 26Antoine RousselL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:20 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 24:04 |
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 4Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:00 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 08:50 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 88Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 5Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | W | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 63:21 |