Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-01-06

NHL · Jan 6, 2026

Vancouver Canucks16-21-5

3–5

Final

Buffalo Sabres22-15-4

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The Sabres beat the Canucks 5–3 at KeyBank Center. A. Tuch took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canucks	0	0	3	3	37
Sabres	2	1	2	5	20

★ Three Stars

1A. TuchBUF · 1G 1A

2B. ByramBUF · 0G 2A

3Z. MetsaBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:01

Tage Thompson (Bowen Byram, Owen Power)

0-1

11:24

Ryan McLeod (Alex Tuch, Mattias Samuelsson)SH

0-2

2nd Period

09:37

Alex Tuch (Bowen Byram, Josh Norris)

0-3

3rd Period

06:13

Zach Metsa (Beck Malenstyn, Jordan Greenway)

0-4

10:17

Jake DeBrusk (Kiefer Sherwood, Brock Boeser)PP

1-4

15:16

Elias Pettersson (Brock Boeser, Filip Hronek)

2-4

15:55

Liam Ohgren (Marcus Pettersson, Linus Karlsson)

3-4

18:36

Josh DoanEN

3-5

Boxscore

Canucks3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Brock BoeserR	0	2	2	-3	0	3	1	1	18:34
Jake DeBruskL	1	0	1	-2	0	4	2	1	16:58
Liam OhgrenL	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	13:09
Elias PetterssonC	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	1	18:41
Kiefer SherwoodL	0	1	1	-2	0	6	4	0	17:37
Linus KarlssonC	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	15:25
Filip HronekD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	26:20
Marcus PetterssonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	18:37
Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	16:26
Nils HoglanderL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10:53
Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	12:23
Aatu RätyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12:09
Max SassonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:52
Zeev BuiumD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	22:50
Tom WillanderD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	16:40
Evander KaneL	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	18:11
Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	15:34
David KampfC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	13:50

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Thatcher DemkoStart	19	15	4	.789	58:51
Kevin Lankinen	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alex TuchR	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	2	19:42
Bowen ByramD	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	2	24:29
Josh DoanR	1	0	1	+2	0	2	3	0	18:11
Ryan McLeodC	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14:30
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+2	4	1	2	0	18:37
Zach MetsaD	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	12:16
Beck MalenstynL	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	11:56
Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	14:28
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	22:09
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	5	24:36
Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	10:11
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	12:52
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	4	0	17:12
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	10:59
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	11:11
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	14:11
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:49
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	12:50

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	37	34	3	.919	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00