Final May 16
TOR 2 +175 o5.5
FLA 0 -210 u5.5
Vancouver 5th Pacific38-30-12-2
Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

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VAN vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
VAN 11-7-3 11-10-0 11-9-1 8-2-0 3-5-3
BUF 11-10-1 11-11-0 10-8-4 5-4-1 6-6-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
6-4-0
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
Mar 19, '24 VAN 3 - 2 VAN -202 u6.0 34 17 1-5 0-4
Jan 13, '24 BUF 1 - 0 VAN -142 u7.0 26 23 0-3 0-2
Nov 15, '22 BUF 5 - 4 VAN +110 o6.5 32 32 0-3 2-3
Oct 22, '22 VAN 5 - 1 BUF +148 u6.5 30 27 1-4 1-1
Mar 20, '22 VAN 3 - 2 (OT) BUF +183 u6.0 32 29 1-3 0-2
Oct 19, '21 BUF 5 - 2 BUF +140 o6.0 43 34 0-3 0-3
Jan 11, '20 BUF 6 - 3 VAN -103 o6.0 28 35 1-3 0-2
Dec 07, '19 VAN 6 - 5 (OT) VAN -158 o6.0 30 28 1-2 1-4
Jan 18, '19 VAN 4 - 3 VAN -123 o5.5 23 39 0-1 0-2
Nov 10, '18 BUF 4 - 3 (SO) BUF -160 o5.5 37 39 0-2 0-4

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
2-3-0-0
GAA
3.20
Save %
.873
Vancouver Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
A.Silovs Nov 27, 2024 PIT 5 - VAN 4 L 5 23 .783 - L -102 o6.0
K.Lankinen Nov 26, 2024 BOS 0 - VAN 2 W 0 33 1.00 Shootout Check W -101 u5.5
K.Lankinen Nov 23, 2024 OTT 3 - VAN 4 W 3 29 .897 - W +126 o6.0
A.Silovs Nov 19, 2024 VAN 3 - NYR 4 L 4 33 .879 - L +118 o6.0
K.Lankinen Nov 17, 2024 VAN 3 - NAS 5 L 4 21 .810 - L +103 o6.0
W/L
3-2-0-0
GAA
1.80
Save %
.939
Buffalo Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
U.Luukkonen Nov 27, 2024 BUF 0 - MIN 1 L 1 30 .967 - L +126 u5.5
J.Reimer Nov 23, 2024 SJ 2 - BUF 4 W 2 33 .939 - W -132 p6.0
U.Luukkonen Nov 22, 2024 ANA 2 - BUF 3 (OT) W 2 24 .917 - W -170 u6.0
U.Luukkonen Nov 20, 2024 LA 0 - BUF 1 W 0 23 1.00 Shootout Check W +145 u5.5
D.Levi Nov 16, 2024 PHI 5 - BUF 2 L 4 31 .871 - L -106 o6.0

VAN vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
3.19 Total 3.00
1.00 1st Period 0.77
1.05 2nd Period 1.23
1.10 3rd Period 0.95
0.05 OT 0.05

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
27.05 Total 29.09
8.86 1st Period 8.95
9.57 2nd Period 10.41
8.43 3rd Period 9.55
0.19 OT 0.18

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.12 Total 0.90
0.11 1st Period 0.91
0.11 2nd Period 0.88
0.13 3rd Period 0.90
0.25 OT 0.75

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
13 - 62 G/Att vs. GA/Att 14 - 73
20.97 PP % vs. PK % 80.82

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Vancouver Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Thatcher Demko 0 0 0.000 0-0-0
Kevin Lankinen 418 380 0.909 10-3-2
Nikita Tolopilo 0 0 0.000 0-0-0

VAN vs BUFInjury report

Vancouver's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
D. Forbort D Out For Season - Eye( Apr 21, '25) Apr 21, '25
The Canucks said on Tuesday (Apr. 22) that Forbort underwent minor surgery to repair a broken orbital bone and is doing well, per Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK. He should be ready for the 2025-26 campaign.
N. Aman C Out For Season - Undisclosed( Apr 11, '25) Apr 11, '25
Aman will miss the final three games of the 2024-25 campaign.
E. Pettersson D Out For Season - Oblique( Apr 07, '25) Apr 07, '25
The Canucks said on Tuesday (Apr. 8) that Pettersson is unlikely to return before the end of the regular season but hasn't given up hope of getting back into the lineup, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
N. Juulsen D Out For Season - Groin( Feb 27, '25) Feb 27, '25
Juulsen had a successful lower-body procedure on Friday (Feb. 28) and is expected to miss approximately 12 weeks, per Canucks' General Manager Patrik Allvin.

Vancouver Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
O. Power D Out - Lower-body( Apr 18, '25) Apr 18, '25
Power said on Saturday (Apr. 19) that he will need two months to recover from his lower-body injury, but he will not need surgery, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
J. Norris F Out For Season - Undisclosed( Apr 14, '25) Apr 14, '25
Norris' injury is a soft-tissue injury that the Sabres knew about before acquiring him from the Senators, according to Brian Koziol of WGR.
J. Greenway F Out - Lower Body( Apr 11, '25) Apr 11, '25
The Sabres said on Saturday (Apr. 12) that Greenway is not expected to return before the end of the regular season, per Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 9 Zach Benson
LW 12 Jordan Greenway
C 13 Josh Norris
LW 17 Jason Zucker
C 19 Peyton Krebs
C 20 Jiri Kulich
RW 22 Jack Quinn
LW 29 Beck Malenstyn
C 36 Noah Ostlund
C 48 Tyson Kozak
RW 63 Isak Rosen
C 71 Ryan McLeod
C 72 Tage Thompson
RW 77 JJ Peterka
C 81 Sam Lafferty
RW 89 Alex Tuch
Defense
POS # Player
G 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D 4 Bowen Byram
D 23 Mattias Samuelsson
D 24 Jacob Bernard-Docker
D 25 Owen Power
D 26 Rasmus Dahlin
G 47 James Reimer
D 75 Connor Clifton
D 78 Jacob Bryson

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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