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Friday, December 4, 2026
9:00 PM ET
Rogers Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
@
Vancouver Canucks
 VAN
42% Win Probability
58% Win Probability
BUF is expected to score 2.77 goals VAN is expected to score 3.31 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Buffalo Sabres Vancouver Canucks
Record 2-3-0 2-5-0
L10 Record 2-3-0 2-5-0
Pts% 40.00% 28.57%
Division Rank 7 (Atlantic) 6 (Pacific)
Conference Rank 14 (Eastern) 13 (Western)
Projected Points 89.08 87.01
xGF/G 3.10+0.75 ● 2.35
xGA/G 2.51+0.73 ● 3.24
xGF% 55.30%+13.26 ● 42.04%
L10 xGF - -
L10 xGA - -
L10 xGF% - -
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.55 3 2 5 5 19:46 2.7 0.3 29 10.3 0.094 0.9 65 30 46.2 0.47 -0.10 0.38
VAN Jake DeBrusk (L) 0.45 3 2 5 5 15:55 2.2 0.8 16 18.8 0.140 4.7 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.43 0 1 1 5 19:24 2.1 -2.1 9 0.0 0.236 -23.6 6 2 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.38 2 0 2 5 19:59 1.9 0.1 14 14.3 0.137 0.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.36 1 2 3 5 18:11 1.8 -0.8 14 7.1 0.128 -5.6 51 18 35.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.25 0 1 1 6 10:46 1.5 -1.5 6 0.0 0.249 -24.9 3 1 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.23 1 1 2 4 11:58 0.9 0.1 4 25.0 0.229 2.1 32 16 50.0 0.00 -0.09 -0.09
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.20 0 2 2 5 14:37 1.0 -1.0 5 0.0 0.204 -20.4 8 3 37.5 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Paul Cotter (L) 0.20 4 2 6 7 15:15 1.4 2.6 8 50.0 0.171 32.9 44 23 52.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Marco Rossi (C) 0.19 3 1 4 7 17:01 1.4 1.6 13 23.1 0.105 12.6 47 26 55.3 0.00 -0.02 -0.02
VAN Linus Karlsson (C) 0.19 1 4 5 7 14:29 1.4 -0.4 14 7.1 0.097 -2.6 9 5 55.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.19 0 0 0 5 15:59 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.139 -13.9 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Elias Pettersson (C) 0.19 2 6 8 7 19:15 1.3 0.7 12 16.7 0.111 5.6 139 63 45.3 0.10 -0.03 0.08
VAN Liam Ohgren (L) 0.18 1 3 4 7 15:51 1.3 -0.3 9 11.1 0.143 -3.2 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Drew O'Connor (L) 0.17 1 2 3 7 15:52 1.2 -0.2 8 12.5 0.145 -2.0 28 11 39.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.16 0 1 1 5 16:05 0.8 -0.8 5 0.0 0.161 -16.1 44 25 56.8 0.04 0.00 0.04
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.16 1 0 1 4 14:06 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.106 6.1 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Brock Boeser (R) 0.14 1 3 4 7 17:36 1.0 0.0 9 11.1 0.111 0.0 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Max Sasson (C) 0.12 1 1 2 7 13:47 0.9 0.1 7 14.3 0.122 2.0 52 22 42.3 0.00 -0.09 -0.09
VAN Jonathan Lekkerimäki (R) 0.12 2 3 5 7 13:19 0.8 1.2 10 20.0 0.085 11.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Arshdeep Bains (L) 0.07 1 1 2 6 11:21 0.4 0.6 3 33.3 0.145 18.8 4 2 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.07 0 1 1 5 15:04 0.3 -0.3 3 0.0 0.116 -11.6 48 25 52.1 0.16 -0.10 0.07
BUF Justin Danforth (R) 0.06 0 0 0 3 10:05 0.2 -0.2 1 0.0 0.177 -17.7 25 13 52.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Aatu Raty (C) 0.05 1 0 1 4 10:09 0.2 -0.2 4 25.0 0.054 19.6 44 25 56.8 0.01 -0.26 -0.25
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.02 0 0 0 5 9:27 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.104 -10.4 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.02 0 0 0 3 7:55 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.048 -4.8 16 8 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 1 7:32 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.17 1 2 3 5 26:32 0.9 0.1 15 6.7 0.057 0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Guillaume Brisebois (D) 0.12 0 0 0 1 12:44 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.060 -6.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.09 1 4 5 5 26:02 0.4 0.6 5 20.0 0.088 11.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Elias Pettersson (D) 0.06 2 0 2 7 17:26 0.4 1.6 8 25.0 0.056 19.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.06 0 0 0 4 16:39 0.2 -0.2 1 0.0 0.222 -22.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.05 1 1 2 5 20:12 0.2 0.8 6 16.7 0.041 12.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Zeev Buium (D) 0.04 0 1 1 7 22:26 0.3 -0.3 6 0.0 0.049 -4.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Filip Hronek (D) 0.03 0 5 5 7 24:51 0.2 -0.2 9 0.0 0.024 -2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.02 0 1 1 5 15:14 0.1 -0.1 5 0.0 0.024 -2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Tom Willander (D) 0.02 0 3 3 7 20:59 0.2 -0.2 4 0.0 0.042 -4.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Luke Schenn (D) 0.02 0 2 2 6 13:14 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.045 -4.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Victor Mancini (D) 0.02 0 0 0 1 15:24 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Jamie Oleksiak (D) 0.01 1 2 3 6 18:39 0.1 0.9 2 50.0 0.043 45.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.01 0 1 1 5 11:39 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D) 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
VAN Leevi Meriläinen (G) +1.59% 1.4 2.18 0.929 1 4 0 25.0 0 6 85 79 7.4
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.51% 0.3 2.91 0.880 1 2 1 50.0 0 6 50 44 6.3
VAN Kevin Lankinen (G) -9.67% -13.7 6.88 0.786 1 6 5 16.7 0 29 131 103 15.3
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -10.38% -5.7 4.02 0.782 1 3 2 33.3 0 12 55 43 6.3