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Canucks vs Sabres

Final · Tue Jan 6 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center

Vancouver CanucksCanucks16-21-5
3
FinalJan 6, 2026
Buffalo SabresSabres22-15-4
5
TVMSGBStreamESPN+

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
VAN+142
BUF−170
Puck line
VAN +1.5−170
BUF −1.5+142
Total O/U
Over 6.5+110
Under 6.5−130
  • Puck line: Sabres −1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: over 6.5 (8 goals).

Recap

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Jan 6, 2026 to move to 22-15-4.

The Sabres won despite being outshot 37-20.

Score by period

Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres, score by period
Team123T
VAN0033
BUF2125

W: Luukkonen · L: Demko

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. BUFGoal · 2:01Tage Thompson Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (12), Owen Power (10)0-1
  2. BUFGoal · 11:24Ryan McLeod Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (21), Mattias Samuelsson (14)0-2

Second Period

  1. BUFGoal · 9:37Alex Tuch Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (13), Josh Norris (9)0-3

Third Period

  1. BUFGoal · 6:13Zach Metsa Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Beck Malenstyn (4), Jordan Greenway (4)0-4
  2. VANGoal · 10:17Jake DeBrusk Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (5), Brock Boeser (10)1-4
  3. VANGoal · 15:16Elias Pettersson Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Boeser (11), Filip Hronek (23)2-4
  4. VANGoal · 15:55Liam Ohgren Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Pettersson (8), Linus Karlsson (9)3-4
  5. BUFGoal · 18:36Josh Doan Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none3-5

Team stats

VANBUF
Shots
37
20
Power Play Goals
1
0
Faceoff Win Percent
46.4
53.6
Hits
17
16
Blocked Shots
8
14
Penalty Minutes
2
8

Top performers

Vancouver CanucksBuffalo Sabres

Goals

Liam Ohgren1
Alex Tuch1

Assists

Brock Boeser2
Bowen Byram2

Points

Brock Boeser2
Alex Tuch2

Player stats

Canucks · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Brock Boeser RW110-318:34023066.70
Jake DeBrusk LW120-216:5810400.00
Nils Hoglander LW120010:5300000.00
David Kampf C020-113:50000027.30
Evander Kane LW000-218:110030100.00
Linus Karlsson C012115:2501300.00
Drew O'Connor LW000-112:2300300.00
Liam Ohgren LW010113:0910400.00
Elias Pettersson C100-218:41103037.50
Aatu Raty C000012:09001075.00
Max Sasson C000014:52002062.50
Kiefer Sherwood LW040-217:3701600.00

Canucks · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Zeev Buium D100-122:5000100.00
Filip Hronek D012026:2001100.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D200-115:3400000.00
Tyler Myers D110-216:2600200.00
Marcus Pettersson D020018:3701000.00
Tom Willander D000-116:4000100.02

Canucks · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Thatcher Demko G41915.78958:510

Sabres · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Zach Benson LW000-112:5200200.00
Josh Doan RW030218:1110200.00
Jordan Greenway LW020010:1101000.00
Peyton Krebs C041217:12000066.70
Beck Malenstyn LW130011:5601000.00
Ryan McLeod C000014:30101058.80
Josh Norris C000114:28011038.52
Noah Ostlund C101010:59002037.50
Jack Quinn RW000-111:1100200.00
Tage Thompson C020218:37101066.74
Alex Tuch RW211219:421130100.00
Jason Zucker LW000114:110000100.00

Sabres · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Jacob Bryson D100112:5000100.00
Bowen Byram D200124:2902200.02
Rasmus Dahlin D100021:4900000.00
Zach Metsa D000112:1610100.00
Owen Power D101122:0901100.00
Mattias Samuelsson D511224:3601100.00

Sabres · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G33734.91960:000

Three stars

  1. Alex Tuch (BUF)
  2. Bowen Byram (BUF)
  3. Zach Metsa (BUF)

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