Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 2025 · Rogers Arena
SNP · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Rogers Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 32-15.
Goals came from Rasmus Dahlin, Kiefer Sherwood, Max Sasson, Tage Thompson and Zach Benson.
Alex Lyon made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Thatcher Demko stopped 12 of 15.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rasmus Dahlin (3)Ryan McLeod (11), Jack Quinn (10)1–007:36 BUF
Kiefer Sherwood (13)Conor Garland (10), Quinn Hughes (21)1–119:49 VAN · PPG
2nd period
Max Sasson (6)Jake DeBrusk (6), Elias Pettersson (3)Samuelsson 1:33 into shift1–206:15 VAN
Tage Thompson (15)Rasmus Dahlin (22)Hughes 1:19 into shift2–209:12 BUF
Zach Benson (1)Josh Doan (13), Tage Thompson (13)3–214:46 BUF · PPG
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–2 · 2nd 6:15 · Sasson. Samuelsson was 1:33 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 BUF
1st 7:36 · Dahlin
Kane 0:55
1–1 VAN
1st 19:49 · PP · Sherwood
McLeod 0:58
1–2 VAN
2nd 6:15 · Sasson
Stuck out there: Samuelsson 1:33
2–2 BUF
2nd 9:12 · Thompson
Long shift: Hughes 1:19
3–2 BUF
2nd 14:46 · PP · Benson
Myers 0:37
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 13:40
Arshdeep Bains · interference2 min - 1st 19:17
Jack Quinn · high sticking2 min - 1st 19:17Tom Willander · high sticking2 min
- 1st 19:17Jack Quinn · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:09Filip Hronek · roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
- 2nd 15:44Drew O'Connor · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:44Zach Benson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:13Jordan Greenway · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:31Beck Malenstyn · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:06 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 24:51 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 44Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:21 |
| 48Tyson KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 52Trevor KuntarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 63Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:42 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 21Conor TimminsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:32 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Alex LyonG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:56 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Conor GarlandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 63Max SassonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:46 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:16 |
| 25Elias PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 30:03 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 13Arshdeep BainsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 18Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 21Nils HoglanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 54Aatu RätyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 91Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 94Linus KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 5Tom WillanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 29Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kevin LankinenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | L | 15 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 57:54 |