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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 02:01 BUF Tage Thompson (21) — Bowen Byram (12) , Owen Power (10) EV 0-1
1 11:24 BUF Ryan McLeod (8) — Alex Tuch (21) , Mattias Samuelsson (14) SH 0-2
2 09:37 BUF Alex Tuch (13) — Bowen Byram (13) , Josh Norris (9) EV 0-3
3 06:13 BUF Zach Metsa (1) — Beck Malenstyn (4) , Jordan Greenway (4) EV 0-4
3 10:17 VAN Jake DeBrusk (11) — Kiefer Sherwood (5) , Brock Boeser (10) PP 1-4
3 15:16 VAN Elias Pettersson (11) — Brock Boeser (11) , Filip Hronek (23) EV 2-4
3 15:55 VAN Liam Ohgren (3) — Marcus Pettersson (8) , Linus Karlsson (9) EV 3-4
3 18:36 BUF Josh Doan (13) EN 3-5

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 03:21 BUF Josh Norris Hooking 2
1 10:49 BUF Bowen Byram Interference 2
2 05:09 VAN Tom Willander Hooking 2
3 08:26 BUF Tage Thompson High Sticking Double Minor 4

Team Statistics

Statistic Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres
Shots 37 20
Faceoff % 46.4% 53.6%
Hits 17 16
Blocked Shots 8 14
Giveaways 16 15
Takeaways 4 5

Skaters

Vancouver Canucks

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Brock Boeser R 0 2 2 -3 0 3 1 1 0 0 23 18:34
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 1 0 17 12:23
21 Nils Hoglander L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 10:53
40 Elias Pettersson C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 1 2 0 23 18:41
44 Kiefer Sherwood L 0 1 1 -2 0 6 4 0 1 0 23 17:37
54 Aatu Räty C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 12:09
63 Max Sasson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 21 14:52
64 David Kampf C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 13:50
74 Jake DeBrusk L 1 0 1 -2 0 4 2 1 0 0 21 16:58
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 1 0 23 18:11
92 Liam Ohgren L 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 17 13:09
94 Linus Karlsson C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 21 15:25
5 Tom Willander D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 2 0 23 16:40
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 15:34
17 Filip Hronek D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 27 26:20
24 Zeev Buium D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 3 0 24 22:50
29 Marcus Pettersson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 22 18:37
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 1 0 19 16:26

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 12:52
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 20 14:28
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17 10:11
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14:11
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 21 17:12
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 11:11
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 15 11:56
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 14:30
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 23 18:37
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 14 10:59
89 Alex Tuch R 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 23 19:42
91 Josh Doan R 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 22 18:11
4 Bowen Byram D 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 29 24:29
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 5 1 1 25 24:36
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 27 22:09
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 21:49
73 Zach Metsa D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 12:16
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 12:50

Goalies

Vancouver Canucks

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
32 Kevin Lankinen 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
35 Thatcher Demko 19 15 4 .789 15/18 0/0 0/1 58:51

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 37 34 3 .919 22/24 11/12 1/1 60:00
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00