Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Canucks

16-21-5, 37 PTS

3-5

Final

Sabres

22-15-4, 48 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

VAN shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	15	8	14	37
BUF	9	7	4	20

In net

Thatcher Demko15/19 SV, .789

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen34/37 SV, .919

Team	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	3	3
BUF	2	1	2	5

Who won: Sabres 5-3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres win the series 2-0. The Sabres outscored the Canucks 2-0 in the 1st period. Alex Tuch led the Sabres in goals (1). Liam Ohgren led the Canucks in goals (1).

VAN

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Brock BoeserRW	1	1	0	-3	18:34	4:12	0:34	13:48	23	0	9	2	3	3	2	1	66.7	0
Jake DeBruskLW	1	2	0	-2	16:58	4:06	0:37	12:15	21	1	11	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
Nils HoglanderLW	1	2	0	0	10:53	0:26	0:00	10:27	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
David KampfC	0	2	0	-1	13:50	0:11	0:29	13:10	20	0	2	0	0	0	3	8	27.3	0
Evander KaneLW	0	0	0	-2	18:11	4:06	0:00	14:05	23	0	6	0	3	6	1	0	100.0	1
Linus KarlssonC	0	1	2	1	15:25	3:09	0:00	12:16	21	0	10	1	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
Drew O'ConnorLW	0	0	0	-1	12:23	0:11	0:26	11:46	17	0	10	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	1
Liam OhgrenLW	0	1	0	1	13:09	0:10	0:00	12:59	17	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	0.0	1
Elias PetterssonC	1	0	0	-2	18:41	4:08	0:28	14:05	23	1	11	0	3	0	9	15	37.5	2
Aatu RatyC	0	0	0	0	12:09	0:20	0:30	11:19	17	0	3	0	1	1	6	2	75.0	0
Max SassonC	0	0	0	0	14:52	3:12	0:00	11:40	21	0	8	0	2	2	5	3	62.5	2
Kiefer SherwoodLW	0	4	0	-2	17:37	3:29	0:54	13:14	23	0	17	1	6	3	0	0	0.0	1

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Zeev BuiumD	1	0	0	-1	22:50	3:11	0:00	19:39	24	4	0	1	0	3	0	0
Filip HronekD	0	1	2	0	26:20	3:08	0:56	22:16	27	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
Pierre-Olivier JosephD	2	0	0	-1	15:34	0:33	0:00	15:01	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tyler MyersD	1	1	0	-2	16:26	0:36	1:32	14:18	19	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
Marcus PetterssonD	0	2	0	0	18:37	0:00	1:34	17:03	22	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Tom WillanderD	0	0	0	-1	16:40	4:07	0:00	12:33	23	2	0	1	1	2	1	2