Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, January 13, 2024 · KeyBank Center

VancouverCanucksAway

1–0

Final

SOG 23–26

BuffaloSabresHome

SN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canucks 26-23.

Goals came from Sam Lafferty.

Thatcher Demko made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 22 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	0	1	0	1	23
BUF	0	0	0	0	26

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Sam Lafferty (10)Nikita Zadorov (8)1–002:05 VAN

Team stats

VANBUF

23Shots on goal26

60%Faceoff %40%

0/2Power play0/3

15Penalty minutes13

27Hits22

17Blocked shots12

1Giveaways6

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 07:29Peyton Krebs · tripping2 min
2nd 04:02Owen Power · roughing2 min
2nd 04:02J.T. Miller · elbowing2 min
2nd 06:49Tage Thompson · tripping2 min
2nd 10:29Erik Johnson · fighting5 min
2nd 10:29J.T. Miller · fighting5 min
2nd 11:30Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
2nd 11:30Filip Hronek · roughing2 min
2nd 15:33Dakota Joshua · high sticking2 min
2nd 18:10Ian Cole · holding2 min
3rd 02:40Nils Hoglander · interference2 min

Season series

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

18Sam LaffertyC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100	11:01
91Nikita ZadorovD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	–	17:54
6Brock BoeserR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:32
8Conor GarlandR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:11
9J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	7	69	17:53
21Nils HoglanderL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	10:48
24Pius SuterC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	25	14:21
40Elias PetterssonC	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	50	20:01
53Teddy BluegerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	16:44
65Ilya MikheyevR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:37
81Dakota JoshuaC	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	75	14:18
88Nils AmanC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	67	10:34
96Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	10:15
7Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	17:50
17Filip HronekD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	20:31
43Quinn HughesD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:23
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	20:52
82Ian ColeD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	–	18:15

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Thatcher DemkoG	W	26	26	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	11:11
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	2	2	40	16:11
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:25
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	60	13:16
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:23
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	29	17:30
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:49
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	40	19:10
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	10:30
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	63	18:32
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	16:01
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	18:37
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	–	13:43
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:25
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	24:34
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	23:09
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	22:22
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	20:07

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	L	23	22	1	.957	58:05
27Devon LeviG		0	0	0	–	00:00