Vancouver 8th Pacific16-20-4-1

Buffalo 5th Atlantic21-15-4-0

7:00PM ET January 06, 2026

Canucks vs Sabres Game Overview

VAN vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
VAN	16-20-5	18-23-0	22-16-3	12-8-2	4-12-3
BUF	21-15-4	20-20-0	16-21-3	9-10-2	12-5-2

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

5-5 Even

Over / Under

4-6-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Dec 11, '25	VAN	3 - 2	BUF -115	u6.0	32	15	1-3	1-2
Jan 21, '25	VAN	3 - 2	BUF +162	u5.5	34	26	0-1	0-2
Nov 29, '24	BUF	4 - 3 (OT)	VAN -103	o5.5	34	22	0-5	1-4
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

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-3-1-1

Over / Under

5-5-0

-$50

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 03, '26	BOS	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +115	u6.0	33	21	1-6	2-3
Jan 02, '26	SEA	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L -140	o5.5	24	28	2-3	1-2
Dec 30, '25	PHI	L 3 - 6	L +125	o5.5	35	31	0-4	0-1
Dec 29, '25	@ SEA	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -120	u5.5	24	39	0-2	1-6
Dec 27, '25	SJ	L 3 - 6	L -140	o6.0	27	36	1-4	1-5
Dec 22, '25	@ PHI	L 2 - 5	L +100	o5.5	25	38	0-2	0-1
Dec 20, '25	@ BOS	W 5 - 4 (SO)	W +160	o5.5	23	43	1-4	1-3
Dec 19, '25	@ NYI	W 4 - 1	W -10000	u5.5	31	24	1-3	0-4
Dec 16, '25	@ NYR	W 3 - 0	W +100	u5.5	17	23	0-3	0-4
Dec 14, '25	@ NJ	W 2 - 1	W +105	u6.0	15	26	2-3	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 08, '26	@ DET	L 0-4	L +105	u6.5
Jan 10, '26	@ TOR	W 2-1	W +140	u5.5
Jan 12, '26	@ MON	L 3-4	L -103	o6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

9-1-0-0

Over / Under

1-8-1

$746

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 03, '26	@ CLB	L 1 - 5	L -110	u6.5	33	34	0-5	0-1
Dec 31, '25	@ DAL	W 4 - 1	W +125	u6.0	31	29	0-2	0-2
Dec 29, '25	@ STL	W 4 - 2	W -115	p6.0	34	18	0-3	0-1
Dec 27, '25	BOS	W 4 - 1	W -130	u6.5	34	23	0-3	0-1
Dec 23, '25	@ OTT	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W +145	u6.5	25	26	0-1	1-3
Dec 21, '25	@ NJ	W 3 - 1	W +150	u6.5	25	27	0-0	0-1
Dec 20, '25	NYI	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -312	u6.0	32	34	1-4	1-3
Dec 18, '25	PHI	W 5 - 3	W -150	o6.0	28	27	1-5	0-3
Dec 14, '25	@ SEA	W 3 - 1	W -130	u6.0	23	24	0-2	1-3
Dec 11, '25	@ VAN	W 3 - 2	W -115	u6.0	15	32	1-2	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 08, '26	@ NYR	L 0-4	L -105	u6.0
Jan 10, '26	ANA	W 3-2	W -173	u6.0
Jan 12, '26	FLA	W 3-0	W +131	u6.0

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VAN vs BUFInjury report

Vancouver's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
M. Rossi	C	Out - Lower Body( Jan 01, '26)	Jan 01, '26
The Vancouver Canucks placed F Marco Rossi on injured reserve on Friday (Jan. 2).
C. Garland	RW	Out - Undisclosed( Dec 31, '25)	Dec 31, '25
The Canucks said on Thursday (Jan. 1) that Garland will be out for at least a week, according to Randip Janda of Sportsnet 650.
T. Blueger	C	Out - Lower-Body( Dec 07, '25)	Dec 07, '25
HC Adam Foote said Monday (Dec. 8) that Blueger now hopes to return after Christmas, per Jeff Paterson of CanucksArmy.com.
F. Chytil	C	Out - Upper-Body( Dec 05, '25)	Dec 05, '25
The Canucks said on Saturday (Dec. 6) that Chytil has skated four consecutive days, but he remains without a timeline to return, per Jeff Paterson of CanucksArmy.com.
D. Forbort	D	Out - Undisclosed( Oct 27, '25)	Oct 27, '25
The Canucks listed Forbort on long-term injured reserve as of Tuesday (Oct. 28).
G. Brisebois	D	Out - Lower-body( Oct 05, '25)	Oct 05, '25
The Vancouver Canucks placed D Guillaume Brisebois on injured reserve non-roster list on Monday (Oct. 6).

Vancouver Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	6	Brock Boeser
RW	8	Conor Garland
LW	13	Arshdeep Bains
LW	18	Drew O'Connor
LW	21	Nils Hoglander
C	40	Elias Pettersson
LW	44	Kiefer Sherwood
C	54	Aatu Raty
C	63	Max Sasson
C	64	David Kampf
LW	74	Jake DeBrusk
LW	91	Evander Kane
LW	92	Liam Ohgren
C	94	Linus Karlsson

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	5	Tom Willander
D	7	Pierre-Olivier Joseph
D	17	Filip Hronek
D	24	Zeev Buium
D	25	Elias Pettersson
D	29	Marcus Pettersson
G	32	Kevin Lankinen
G	35	Thatcher Demko
D	57	Tyler Myers

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
M. Kesselring	D	Day To Day - Lower Body( Jan 03, '26)	Jan 03, '26
Kesselring did not play in Saturday's (Jan. 3) game against the Blue Jackets.
T. Kozak	C	Day To Day - Upper Body( Jan 03, '26)	Jan 03, '26
Kozak did not play in Saturday's (Jan. 3) game against Columbus.
A. Lyon	G	Out - Lower-Body( Dec 30, '25)	Dec 30, '25
The Sabres said on Wednesday (Dec. 31) that Lyon's timeline for return remains unclear.
C. Timmins	D	Out - Leg( Dec 19, '25)	Dec 19, '25
The Buffalo Sabres placed D Conor Timmins on Injured Reserve on Saturday (Dec. 20).
J. Zucker	LW	Out - Lower-Body( Dec 16, '25)	Dec 16, '25
The Sabres said on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that Zucker might be back following the Christmas break, according to head coach Lindy Ruff, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
J. Kulich	C	Out - Ear( Nov 09, '25)	Nov 09, '25
The Sabres said on Monday (Nov. 10) that Kulich is slated to miss significant time due to a blood clot issue.
J. Danforth	RW	Out - Lower Body( Oct 17, '25)	Oct 17, '25
The Buffalo Sabres placed F Justin Danforth on Injured Reserve on Saturday (Oct. 18).

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	48	Tyson Kozak
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	78	Jacob Bryson
G	92	Colten Ellis

W/L

1-2-1-1

GAA

3.40

Save %

.886

Vancouver Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
K.Lankinen	Jan 3, 2026	VAN 2 - BOS 3 (OT)	-	3	21	.857	-	L +115	u6.0
T.Demko	Jan 2, 2026	VAN 3 - SEA 4 (SO)	-	3	28	.893	-	L -140	o5.5
T.Demko	Dec 30, 2025	VAN 3 - PHI 6	L	4	31	.871	-	L +125	o5.5
K.Lankinen	Dec 29, 2025	SEA 2 - VAN 3 (SO)	W	2	39	.949	-	W -120	u5.5
T.Demko	Dec 27, 2025	VAN 3 - SJ 6	L	5	36	.861	-	L -140	o6.0

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

2.00

Save %

.923

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Jan 3, 2026	CLB 5 - BUF 1	L	4	34	.882	-	L -110	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 31, 2025	DAL 1 - BUF 4	W	1	29	.966	-	W +125	u6.0
A.Lyon	Dec 29, 2025	STL 2 - BUF 4	W	2	18	.889	-	W -115	p6.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 27, 2025	BUF 4 - BOS 1	W	1	23	.957	-	W -130	u6.5
A.Lyon	Dec 23, 2025	OTT 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	W	2	26	.923	-	W +145	u6.5

VAN vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

VANVancouver Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.85	Total	3.15
0.83	1st Period	1.10
0.90	2nd Period	0.88
0.98	3rd Period	1.07
0.05	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
26.68	Total	29.32
5.85	1st Period	7.05
6.27	2nd Period	6.90
6.41	3rd Period	7.22
0.34	OT	0.47

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.89
0.14	1st Period	0.84
0.14	2nd Period	0.87
0.15	3rd Period	0.85
0.14	OT	0.79

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
28 - 138	G/Att vs. GA/Att	16 - 108
20.29	PP % vs. PK %	85.19

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Vancouver Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Thatcher Demko	489	442	0.904	8-8-1
Kevin Lankinen	570	504	0.884	6-10-4

Canucks vs Sabres Game Overview

VAN vs BUFRecords

VAN vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

VAN vs BUF Preview

VAN vs BUFInjury report

Vancouver's Injuries

Vancouver Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

VAN vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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