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Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Vancouver CanucksVancouverCanucksAway

3–5

Final

SOG 37–20

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

SNP · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 37-20.

Goals came from Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod, Alex Tuch, Zach Metsa, Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson, Liam Ohgren and Josh Doan.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Thatcher Demko stopped 15 of 19.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vancouver CanucksVAN003337
Buffalo SabresBUF212520

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starBowen ByramBUF · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starZach MetsaBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:09

0–3 · 2nd 9:37 · Tuch. Joseph was 2:09 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVAN on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 2:01 · Thompson

Pettersson 0:36

0–2 BUF

1st 11:24 · SH · McLeod

Long shift: Boeser 1:04

0–3 BUF

2nd 9:37 · Tuch

Stuck out there: Joseph 2:09

0–4 BUF

3rd 6:13 · Metsa

Myers 0:49

1–4 VAN

3rd 10:17 · PP · DeBrusk

Malenstyn 0:49

2–4 VAN

3rd 15:16 · Pettersson

Long shift: Power 1:18

3–4 VAN

3rd 15:55 · Ohgren

Greenway 0:39

3–5 BUF

3rd 18:36 · EN · Doan

Pettersson 0:33

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

VANBUF
37Shots on goal20
46%Faceoff %54%
1/4Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes8
17Hits16
8Blocked shots14
16Giveaways15
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 03:21Josh Norris · hooking2 min
  • 1st 10:49Bowen Byram · interference2 min
  • 2nd 05:09Tom Willander · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 08:26Tage Thompson · high sticking double minor4 min

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