Game

Sabres at Canucks

Sabres 3, Canucks 2 · first star Rasmus Dahlin (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2

Sabres BUF

3 FINAL 2

Canucks VAN

Thursday, December 11, 2025 · 10:00 PM ET · Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	1	2	0	3	15
Canucks	1	1	0	2	32

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Canucks attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 15, VAN 32.

BUF in red VAN in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 15 shots on goal (3 goals, 13 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Canucks 32 shots on goal (2 goals, 24 missed, 28 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	VAN SOG	VAN G	VAN ATT
1st	7	1	14	12	1	31
2nd	6	2	17	8	1	18
3rd	2	0	6	12	0	35
Total	15	3	37	32	2	84

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	VAN SOG	VAN G
Even strength	14	2	29	1
Power play	1	1	2	1
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Canucks took 69.4% of the shot attempts, and 66.0% of the 97 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canucks and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Canucks
Period	VAN CF%	VAN FF%
1st	68.9	67.7
2nd	51.4	50.0
3rd	85.4	83.3
Game	69.4	66.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

07:36 Rasmus Dahlin (3) Ryan McLeod (11), Jack Quinn (10) · slap 1–0
19:49 Kiefer Sherwood (13) PP Conor Garland (10), Quinn Hughes (21) · backhand 1–1

2nd period

06:15 Max Sasson (6) Jake DeBrusk (6), Elias Pettersson (3) · snap 1–2
09:12 Tage Thompson (15) Rasmus Dahlin (22) · wrist 2–2
14:46 Zach Benson (1) PP Josh Doan (13), Tage Thompson (13) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D #26 · 1 G, 1 A
Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 1 G, 1 A
Max Sasson VAN · C #63 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	13:40	VAN	Arshdeep Bains	interference	2	Peyton Krebs
1st	19:17	BUF	Jack Quinn	high sticking	2	Tom Willander
1st	19:17	VAN	Tom Willander	high sticking	2	Jack Quinn
1st	19:17	BUF	Jack Quinn	high sticking	2	Tom Willander
2nd	14:09	VAN	Filip Hronek	roughing removing opponents helmet	2	Isak Rosen
2nd	15:44	VAN	Drew O'Connor	roughing	2	Zach Benson
2nd	15:44	BUF	Zach Benson	roughing	2	Kiefer Sherwood
2nd	19:13	BUF	Jordan Greenway	tripping	2	Conor Garland
3rd	06:31	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	slashing	2	Nils Hoglander

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	+1	5	0	2	0	27.3	19:06
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	1	1	2	+2	3	1	3	0	0.0	24:51
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	16:13
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	33.3	20:52
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	4	0.0	15:39
Josh Doan #91	R	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:45
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	06:21
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	50.0	18:43
Trevor Kuntar #52	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	05:12
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	66.7	16:45
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	2	0.0	12:48
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0.0	16:01
Isak Rosen #63	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:42
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	20:47
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	21:27
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	05:02
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	26:32
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	19:46

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	32	30	2	.938	28/29	1/2	59:56

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Max Sasson #63	C	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	42.9	14:46
Kiefer Sherwood #44	L	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	19:24
Jake DeBrusk #74	L	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	50.0	16:16
Conor Garland #8	R	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	20:41
Elias Pettersson #25	D	0	1	1	+1	1	4	0	0	0.0	13:11
Quinn Hughes #43	D	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	30:03
Aatu Räty #54	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	62.5	11:40
David Kampf #64	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	78.6	14:07
Linus Karlsson #94	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	10:51
Arshdeep Bains #13	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	09:20
Drew O'Connor #18	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	50.0	12:56
Evander Kane #91	L	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0.0	17:29
Nils Hoglander #21	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:11
Brock Boeser #6	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	66.7	20:26
Filip Hronek #17	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	0.0	23:33
Marcus Pettersson #29	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:25
Tom Willander #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	0.0	12:04
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	20:06

Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Thatcher Demko #35	L	15	12	3	.800	12/14	0/1	57:54

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.