Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, October 19, 2021 · KeyBank Center
SN360 · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canucks 43-34.
Goals came from Bo Horvat, Kyle Okposo, Justin Dowling, Zemgus Girgensons, Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson and Rasmus Asplund.
Craig Anderson made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Thatcher Demko stopped 38 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Bo Horvat (1)Tanner Pearson (2), Conor Garland (3)1–005:57 VAN
Kyle Okposo (2)Zemgus Girgensons (2), Rasmus Dahlin (2)1–108:22 BUF
Justin Dowling (1)Luke Schenn (1), J.T. Miller (4)2–116:01 VAN
2nd period
Zemgus Girgensons (2)Kyle Okposo (1), Dylan Cozens (1)2–217:37 BUF
3rd period
Jeff Skinner (1)Colin Miller (3), Dylan Cozens (2)2–303:33 BUF
Tage Thompson (2)Will Butcher (1), Victor Olofsson (2)2–403:56 BUF
Rasmus Asplund (1)Colin Miller (4)2–517:05 BUF · EN
Team stats
VANBUF
34Shots on goal43
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
10Hits14
10Blocked shots5
4Giveaways8
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 05:56
Kyle Okposo · hooking2 min - 2nd 13:29
Tanner Pearson · high sticking double minor4 min - 3rd 01:01Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:40Brock Boeser · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:14Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Conor GarlandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 9J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:56 |
| 73Justin DowlingC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 14:22 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 15Matthew HighmoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 18Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 21Nils HoglanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 91Juho LammikkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 92Vasily PodkolzinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 3Jack RathboneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 5Tucker PoolmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:56 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:56 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 15:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 59:16 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:01 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:04 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:27 |
| 71Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:12 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:15 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:35 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:36 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |