Buffalo Sabres 3, Vancouver Canucks 2: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres 3 to Vancouver Canucks 2, on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLThursday, December 11, 2025
DateDec 11, 2025
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueRogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,606
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresVancouver Canucks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
13-14-4Record11-17-3
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Pacific Division
4-4Road record / home record1-8
LLWLWLast 5LLLLL
L2StreakL6
Team stats
Buffalo SabresVancouver Canucks
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveVancouver Canucks
Filip Chytil C · Shoulder - Not Specified
Injured ReserveMackenzie MacEachern LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveThatcher Demko G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveTom Willander D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:13 | 1:48 | 1:26 | 12:59 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:45 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 16:52 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6:21 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 5:37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 14:27 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyson Kozak | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 15:13 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:43 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Kuntar | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 12:48 | 0:00 | 1:27 | 11:21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 | 1:46 | 3:04 | 16:02 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 14:49 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Isak Rosen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:42 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 7:53 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 | 1:43 | 0:02 | 17:21 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:02 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:47 | 0:51 | 1:34 | 18:22 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24:51 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 23:03 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:46 | 0:49 | 1:38 | 17:19 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:32 | 0:04 | 2:53 | 23:35 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 18:29 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .938 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 59:56 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Bains | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brock Boeser | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:26 | 4:09 | 0:58 | 15:19 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 | 4:28 | 0:00 | 11:48 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:41 | 3:51 | 0:56 | 15:54 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Hoglander | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 12:45 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Kampf | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 12:36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evander Kane | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:29 | 0:23 | 0:00 | 17:06 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linus Karlsson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:56 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 12:11 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Aatu Raty | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 10:52 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Sasson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 14:43 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 19:24 | 3:17 | 1:04 | 15:03 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Hronek | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:33 | 0:42 | 0:52 | 21:59 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Quinn Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 30:03 | 4:32 | 0:00 | 25:31 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Myers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:06 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 18:21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 17:25 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 15:29 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias N. Pettersson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 12:30 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Willander | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:04 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Vancouver Canucks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Demko | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .800 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 57:54 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks?
Buffalo Sabres 3, Vancouver Canucks 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals). Vancouver Canucks: Max Sasson (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks played?
Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC.
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