Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Jan 13, 2024 · KeyBank Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Vancouver Canucks

1 – 0

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 1–0 on Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at KeyBank Center. Thatcher Demko made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	0	1	0	1	23
BUF	0	0	0	0	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:05	VAN	EV	Sam Lafferty (10) · wrist	Nikita Zadorov (8)	1–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:29	BUF	Peyton Krebs	tripping	2
2nd	04:02	BUF	Owen Power	roughing	2
2nd	04:02	VAN	J.T. Miller	elbowing	2
2nd	06:49	BUF	Tage Thompson	tripping	2
2nd	10:29	BUF	Erik Johnson	fighting	5
2nd	10:29	VAN	J.T. Miller	fighting	5
2nd	11:30	BUF	Jordan Greenway	roughing	2
2nd	11:30	VAN	Filip Hronek	roughing	2
2nd	15:33	VAN	Dakota Joshua	high sticking	2
2nd	18:10	VAN	Ian Cole	holding	2
3rd	02:40	VAN	Nils Hoglander	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VAN 2.87 · BUF 2.20 · xG% VAN 56.7

Vancouver Canucks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	2		17:54	22
18	Sam Lafferty	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	100.0	11:01	17
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		21:23	25
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		20:52	28
17	Filip Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		20:31	27
40	Elias Pettersson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	50.0	20:01	26
6	Brock Boeser	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:32	24
82	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2		18:15	24
9	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	0	69.2	17:53	31
7	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		17:50	25
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	16:44	24
8	Conor Garland	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:11	21
24	Pius Suter	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	25.0	14:21	21
81	Dakota Joshua	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	75.0	14:18	23
65	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		13:37	21
21	Nils Hoglander	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2		10:48	16
88	Nils Aman	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	66.7	10:34	18
96	Andrei Kuzmenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		10:15	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Thatcher Demko	W	26	26	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	0	2	0	0	0		24:34	31
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	1	3	1		23:09	26
33	Ryan Johnson	D	-1	0	2	0	1		22:22	29
75	Connor Clifton	D	-1	0	1	2	1		20:07	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	3	0	0	40.0	19:10	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	2	2	2		18:37	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	2	3	0	0	62.5	18:32	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	1	1	0		18:23	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	1	3	1	29.4	17:30	22
12	Jordan Greenway	L	-1	2	3	2	2	40.0	16:11	20
77	JJ Peterka	R	-1	0	2	1	0		16:01	20
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	5	1	0	2		13:43	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	1	3	0	60.0	13:16	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	1	1	1		12:49	18
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	3	0	1		11:11	15
50	Eric Robinson	L	-1	0	0	4	0		10:30	15
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	2	1	0	0		10:25	13
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0		7:25	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	23	22	1	.957	58:05