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VAN
Vancouver Canucks
@
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
38% Win Probability
62% Win Probability
VAN is expected to score 2.89 goals BUF is expected to score 3.48 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres
Record 3-12-1 7-4-3
L10 Record 1-8-1 5-2-3
Pts% 21.88% 60.71%
Division Rank 8 (Pacific) 7 (Atlantic)
Conference Rank 16 (Western) 9 (Eastern)
Projected Points 73.37 89.29
xGF/G 2.36 ● +0.853.21
xGA/G 3.55 ● +0.323.23
xGF% 39.97% ● +9.9249.89%
L10 xGF 23.65 ● +7.9231.57
L10 xGA 35.24 ● +0.0535.19
L10 xGF% 40.16% ● +7.1347.29%
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) 0.45 10 7 17 14 19:25 6.3 3.7 63 15.9 0.100 5.8 163 72 44.2 0.91 -0.23 0.68
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.40 8 6 14 14 19:16 5.7 2.3 40 20.0 0.142 5.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.40 2 11 13 14 19:57 5.7 -4.7 33 6.1 0.172 -11.1 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.38 1 0 1 5 11:36 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.189 -8.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Jake DeBrusk (L) 0.34 3 5 8 14 16:29 4.7 -1.7 30 10.0 0.158 -5.8 3 1 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.33 4 5 9 14 18:53 4.7 -0.7 33 12.1 0.141 -2.0 128 46 35.9 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
VAN Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.22 0 2 2 13 10:30 2.8 -2.8 15 0.0 0.187 -18.7 6 3 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 14 15:24 2.8 -0.8 23 8.7 0.123 -3.6 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Linus Karlsson (C) 0.19 3 6 9 16 14:32 3.1 -0.1 28 10.7 0.110 -0.3 14 7 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Jonathan Lekkerimäki (R) 0.19 6 7 13 16 15:09 3.1 2.9 28 21.4 0.110 10.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Drew O'Connor (L) 0.19 2 2 4 16 15:52 3.0 -1.0 18 11.1 0.166 -5.4 55 19 34.5 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 2 1 3 14 14:29 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.173 -4.0 134 69 51.5 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
VAN Brock Boeser (R) 0.17 5 8 13 16 18:30 2.8 2.2 24 20.8 0.115 9.3 11 4 36.4 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Elias Pettersson (C) 0.17 4 12 16 16 20:07 2.7 1.3 24 16.7 0.114 5.3 337 152 45.1 0.15 -0.41 -0.27
VAN Liam Ohgren (L) 0.16 4 3 7 15 14:33 2.4 1.6 21 19.0 0.116 7.4 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Marco Rossi (C) 0.16 3 2 5 14 15:50 2.2 0.8 22 13.6 0.100 3.6 110 57 51.8 0.05 -0.31 -0.27
VAN Filip Chytil (C)+ 0.15 0 2 2 7 19:53 1.1 -1.1 13 0.0 0.083 -8.3 90 42 46.7 0.09 -0.39 -0.30
VAN Max Sasson (C) 0.13 4 2 6 16 12:36 2.1 1.9 17 23.5 0.126 10.9 103 48 46.6 0.00 -0.26 -0.26
VAN Paul Cotter (L) 0.13 4 3 7 15 14:24 2.0 2.0 11 36.4 0.179 18.4 54 27 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.11 1 2 3 14 15:03 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 154 80 51.9 0.23 -0.23 0.00
VAN Arshdeep Bains (L) 0.11 2 2 4 13 10:41 1.4 0.6 8 25.0 0.175 7.5 6 3 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 7 7 14 13:41 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 50 24 48.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 2 2 14 11:00 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.05 0 1 1 6 7:39 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.058 -5.8 20 11 55.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 1 0 1 6 11:05 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 36 14 38.9 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
VAN Jacob Quillan (C) 0.03 0 0 0 1 11:58 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.028 -2.8 9 4 44.4 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) 0.21 2 7 9 11 24:39 2.3 -0.3 33 6.1 0.070 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.14 3 3 6 13 19:46 1.8 1.2 27 11.1 0.067 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 14 26:38 1.6 0.4 18 11.1 0.087 2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.10 2 7 9 14 23:50 1.4 0.6 21 9.5 0.067 2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Guillaume Brisebois (D) 0.08 0 0 0 2 12:39 0.2 -0.2 3 0.0 0.052 -5.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Filip Hronek (D) 0.07 1 11 12 16 25:47 1.1 -0.1 20 5.0 0.056 -0.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Elias Pettersson (D) 0.06 3 1 4 16 18:45 1.0 2.0 16 18.8 0.061 12.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Zeev Buium (D) 0.05 0 4 4 16 20:33 0.8 -0.8 12 0.0 0.069 -6.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.03 1 1 2 5 9:55 0.2 0.8 1 100.0 0.174 82.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 14 13:12 0.5 -0.5 12 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 12 12:20 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Tom Willander (D) 0.03 0 3 3 16 20:24 0.4 -0.4 12 0.0 0.035 -3.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Luke Schenn (D) 0.02 0 2 2 10 13:02 0.2 -0.2 6 0.0 0.041 -4.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Jamie Oleksiak (D) 0.02 2 3 5 14 17:56 0.3 1.7 9 22.2 0.038 18.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
VAN Victor Mancini (D) 0.02 0 0 0 6 12:28 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.073 -7.3 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 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
VAN Leevi Meriläinen (G) +0.05% 0.2 3.31 0.897 2 11 5 18.2 0 32 312 280 32.2
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -0.75% -2.0 3.40 0.873 4 10 3 40.0 0 33 260 227 31.0
VAN Kevin Lankinen (G) -6.28% -13.4 6.17 0.812 1 8 7 12.5 0 38 197 160 24.6