Final · January 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : VAN 37 — BUF 20 · KeyBank Center
Three stars
VANGame statsBUF 
- 37Shots on goal20
- 46 %Faceoff win %54 %
- 1/4Power play0/1
- 2Penalty minutes8
- 17Hits16
- 8Blocked shots14
- 16Giveaways15
- 4Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 15 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| BUF | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
Season seriesVAN 0 – 2 BUF
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← VAN 3 / 37 / 595 / 20 / 33 BUF →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Tage ThompsonBUF · 02:01Assists : Bowen Byram, Owen Power0 – 1▶ Watch
Ryan McLeodBUF · 11:24 · SHAssists : Alex Tuch, Mattias Samuelsson0 – 2▶ Watch
2nd period
Alex TuchBUF · 09:37Assists : Bowen Byram, Josh Norris0 – 3▶ Watch
3rd period
Zach MetsaBUF · 06:13Assists : Beck Malenstyn, Jordan Greenway0 – 4▶ Watch
Jake DeBruskVAN · 10:17 · PPAssists : Kiefer Sherwood, Brock Boeser1 – 4▶ Watch
Elias PetterssonVAN · 15:16Assists : Brock Boeser, Filip Hronek2 – 4▶ Watch
Liam OhgrenVAN · 15:55Assists : Marcus Pettersson, Linus Karlsson3 – 4▶ Watch
Josh DoanBUF · 18:363 – 5▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 03:21BUFJosh Norris — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Elias Pettersson
- 10:49BUFBowen Byram — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Brock Boeser
2nd period
- 05:09VANTom Willander — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Jason Zucker
3rd period
- 08:26BUFTage Thompson — High sticking double minor (4 min) · drawn by Jake DeBrusk
Box score
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. BoeserR | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 18:34 |
| D. O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 12:23 |
| N. HoglanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:53 |
| E. PetterssonC | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 18:41 |
| K. SherwoodL | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 4 | 17:37 |
| A. RätyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| M. SassonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:52 |
| D. KampfC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13:50 |
| J. DeBruskL | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 16:58 |
| E. KaneL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 18:11 |
| L. OhgrenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13:09 |
| L. KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15:25 |
| T. WillanderD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| P. JosephD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| F. HronekD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:20 |
| Z. BuiumD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 22:50 |
| M. PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 |
| T. MyersD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. Lankinen | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| T. Demko(L) | 15/19 | 78.9 % | 58:51 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. BensonL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 12:52 |
| J. NorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| J. GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:11 |
| J. ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 |
| P. KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:12 |
| J. QuinnR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 11:11 |
| B. MalenstynL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:56 |
| R. McLeodC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| T. ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18:37 |
| N. OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:59 |
| A. TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19:42 |
| J. DoanR | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18:11 |
| B. ByramD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24:29 |
| M. SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24:36 |
| O. PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:09 |
| R. DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 |
| Z. MetsaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:16 |
| J. BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 34/37 | 91.9 % | 60:00 |
| C. Ellis | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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