8-5-3, 4-1-3 Away

3-14-1, 1-7-0 Home

Buffalo Sabres @ Vancouver Canucks

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	5	3	3	0	3.27	.878
C. Ellis	3	2	0	1	2.92	.891

Canucks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Merilainen	2	6	1	0	3.56	.889
K. Lankinen	1	8	0	0	6.03	.808

Rogers Arena

9:00 PM, December 4, 2026

Vancouver, Canada

BUF

VAN

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

19PTS

10G

Elias PetterssonC #40

18PTS

14A

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

10G

2PPG

68S

Brock BoeserRW #6

2PPG

30S

Assists

Zach BensonLW #6

13A

3PPA

13+/-

Elias PetterssonC #40

14A

3PPA

-4+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	Nov 17
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Nov 8
Alex Lyon G	IR	Nov 22
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Nov 8

Vancouver Canucks

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Tom Willander D	Day-To-Day	Nov 7
Filip Chytil C	IR	Nov 9
Akil Thomas C	IR-NR	Nov 9
Mackenzie MacEachern LW	IR-NR	Nov 7
Thatcher Demko G	IR	Dec 21

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	3.06	3.25	28.4	27.2	152	8	15.1	17	69.6	1	0
VAN	2.94	4.61	21.8	31.2	192	12	21.4	22	63.3	2	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/6/26	vsCBJ	W5-2
11/4/26	vsOTT	L2-1
10/31/26	@LA	W3-2
10/29/26	@ANA	W7-6
10/27/26	@SJ	W2-0

Canucks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	@WPG	L6-2
11/3/26	vsANA	L5-4
10/31/26	vsTOR	L4-2
10/29/26	@SJ	L3-2
10/27/26	@ANA	W6-5 OT

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/4

Sabres
Canucks

Game 1

12/4

Canucks
Sabres

Game 2

3/9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	12	4	1	25
Montreal	10	3	3	23
Tampa Bay	10	3	2	22
Ottawa	10	6	1	21
Florida	9	5	2	20
Buffalo	8	5	3	19
Toronto	8	7	2	18
Detroit	7	7	3	17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Edmonton	11	3	3	25
Vegas	11	5	2	24
Seattle	9	5	1	19
Anaheim	9	7	1	19
Calgary	7	9	1	15
San Jose	7	10	1	15
Los Angeles	5	7	2	12
Vancouver	3	14	1	7

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Buffalo Sabres @ Vancouver Canucks

Scoring Leaders

Tage ThompsonC #72

Elias PetterssonC #40

Tage ThompsonC #72

Brock BoeserRW #6

Zach BensonLW #6

Elias PetterssonC #40

Injury Report

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