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Tuesday, January 6, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
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VAN
Vancouver Canucks
3 – 5
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
66% xGF%
34% xGF%
VAN was expected to score 4.08 goals BUF was expected to score 2.08 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 2 Cumulative xG VAN BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Vancouver Canucks Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 9:00 1.92 1 2:00 0.00 0
Even Strength 49:00 1.93 2 49:00 1.88 3
Penalty Kill 2:00 0.23 0 9:00 0.19 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 45:55 1.52 2
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 12:04 0.40 1
Tied 2:01 0.03 0 2:01 0.16 1
Down 1 12:04 1.28 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 45:55 2.77 3 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 2:01 in the 1st period 0.15 xG (0-1)
  • ► Ryan McLeod scores at 11:24 in the 1st period 0.19 xG (0-2)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 9:37 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (0-3)
  • ► Zach Metsa scores at 6:13 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (0-4)
  • ► Jake DeBrusk scores at 10:17 in the 3rd period 0.21 xG (1-4)
  • ► Elias Pettersson scores at 15:16 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (2-4)
  • ► Liam Ohgren scores at 15:55 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (3-4)
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 18:36 in the 3rd period (3-5)
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BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
VAN Jake DeBrusk (L) 0.76 1 0 1 21 16:58 4 -2 0 1
VAN Kiefer Sherwood (L) 0.60 0 1 1 23 17:37 6 -2 0 0
VAN Evander Kane (L) 0.59 0 0 0 23 18:11 3 -2 0 0
VAN Brock Boeser (R) 0.39 0 2 2 23 18:34 3 -3 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.37 1 1 2 23 19:42 3 +2 0 0
VAN Elias Pettersson (C) 0.32 1 0 1 23 18:41 3 -2 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.32 1 0 1 23 18:37 1 +2 4 0
VAN Drew O'Connor (L) 0.31 0 0 0 17 12:23 3 -1 0 0
VAN Linus Karlsson (C) 0.31 0 1 1 21 15:25 3 +1 0 0
VAN Liam Ohgren (L) 0.24 1 0 1 17 13:09 4 +1 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.21 1 0 1 22 18:11 2 +2 0 0
VAN Max Sasson (C) 0.19 0 0 0 21 14:52 2 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.19 1 0 1 20 14:30 1 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.18 0 0 0 17 12:52 2 -1 0 0
VAN Aatu Raty (C) 0.09 0 0 0 17 12:09 1 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 1 1 15 11:56 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.04 0 0 0 14 10:59 2 0 0 0
VAN Nils Hoglander (L) 0.04 0 0 0 15 10:53 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.02 0 0 0 15 11:11 2 -1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.02 0 0 0 21 17:12 0 +2 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.01 0 1 1 20 14:28 1 +1 2 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 1 1 17 10:11 0 0 0 0
VAN David Kampf (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 13:50 0 -1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 14:11 0 +1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.20 0 1 1 27 22:09 1 +1 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.16 0 0 0 26 21:49 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.12 1 0 1 12 12:16 1 +1 0 0
VAN Zeev Buium (D) 0.11 0 0 0 24 22:50 1 -1 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.08 0 2 2 29 24:29 2 +1 2 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.07 0 0 0 14 12:50 1 +1 0 0
VAN Tyler Myers (D) 0.04 0 0 0 19 16:26 2 -2 0 0
VAN P.O Joseph (D) 0.04 0 0 0 20 15:34 0 -1 0 0
VAN Tom Willander (D) 0.04 0 0 0 23 16:40 1 -1 2 0
VAN Filip Hronek (D) 0.02 0 1 1 27 26:20 1 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.02 0 1 1 25 24:36 1 +2 0 0
VAN Marcus Pettersson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 22 18:37 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +2.93% 0.919 1.1 3 34 60:00 37 W 0
VAN Thatcher Demko (G) -10.11% 0.790 -1.9 4 15 58:51 19 L 0