Tue, Jan 6, 2026·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Vancouver Canucks 3, Buffalo Sabres 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 69% of the time.
23%
62%
BUF winsVAN wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VAN's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| DeBrusk–Pettersson–Karlsson | Kampf–Sherwood–O'Connor | Kane–Boeser–Sasson | Hoglander–Räty–Ohgren | Kane–Boeser–Pettersson | Karlsson–Ohgren–Sasson | DeBrusk–Kampf–Sherwood | Hoglander–O'Connor–Räty | DeBrusk–Kampf–Karlsson | Hronek–Buium | Myers–Joseph | Pettersson–Willander | Pettersson–Hronek | Myers–Pettersson | Joseph–Buium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson–Krebs–Doan | 2:270.24–0.24 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 1:310.17–0.01 | 3:090.34–0.04 | 1:150.00–0.07 | 1:450.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 4:290.00–0.26 | 4:250.61–0.06 | 1:110.00–0.00 | 1:370.13–0.00 | 0:550.02–0.00 | ||
| Zucker–Tuch–Norris | 1:180.05–0.00 | 3:180.20–0.06 | 1:100.10–0.05 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.09 | 1:260.00–0.11 | 4:540.05–0.07 | 2:210.28–0.09 | 2:270.00–0.16 | 1:100.02–0.00 | |||||
| Greenway–Malenstyn–Ostlund | 1:130.00–0.08 | 1:430.09–0.03 | 1:070.14–0.08 | 0:530.00–0.03 | 2:150.00–0.11 | 2:260.18–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.03 | 0:370.09–0.00 | |||||||
| McLeod–Quinn–Benson | 1:290.12–0.00 | 0:430.03–0.00 | 1:570.00–0.15 | 0:420.00–0.10 | 4:110.13–0.25 | 0:310.04–0.00 | 1:410.01–0.00 | ||||||||
| Quinn–Ostlund–Benson | 0:350.00–0.01 | 0:400.00–0.01 | |||||||||||||
| Malenstyn–Ostlund–Benson | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.01 | ||||||||||||
| Samuelsson–Byram | 1:300.30–0.00 | 1:140.21–0.00 | 1:060.10–0.15 | 1:050.00–0.08 | 0:550.00–0.03 | 0:560.04–0.00 | 1:390.00–0.11 | 4:500.08–0.23 | 1:440.31–0.00 | 3:410.24–0.14 | |||||
| Bryson–Metsa | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:140.00–0.08 | 1:160.00–0.01 | 2:310.04–0.04 | 0:430.14–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 2:470.00–0.04 | 3:280.18–0.03 | 2:100.02–0.01 | |||||
| Dahlin–Power | 1:170.12–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.06 | 1:210.21–0.04 | 2:210.00–0.28 | 1:120.00–0.00 | 3:390.10–0.16 | 2:340.00–0.20 | 1:290.22–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | |||||
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 2:160.00–0.19 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.01 | 1:270.13–0.03 | 1:340.00–0.03 | 2:560.00–0.19 | 1:000.13–0.00 | ||||||||
| Byram–Power | 1:080.00–0.05 | 1:080.02–0.00 | 2:020.15–0.05 | 1:380.00–0.00 | 2:320.15–0.10 | 1:270.02–0.00 | |||||||||
| Dahlin–Byram | 0:560.02–0.00 | 0:570.02–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Byram–Metsa | 0:570.00–0.01 | 0:560.00–0.01 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFVANFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Filip HronekVAN | 27 | 26:20 | 0:59 | 2:17 | 4 | 1 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 25 | 24:36 | 0:59 | 2:01 | 1 | 6 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 29 | 24:29 | 0:51 | 1:39 | 4 | 6 |
 Zeev BuiumVAN | 24 | 22:50 | 0:57 | 1:44 | 3 | 1 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 27 | 22:09 | 0:49 | 1:27 | 4 | 5 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 26 | 21:49 | 0:50 | 1:42 | 3 | 4 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 23 | 19:42 | 0:51 | 1:52 | 4 | 5 |
 Elias PetterssonVAN | 23 | 18:41 | 0:49 | 1:38 | 5 | 3 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 23 | 18:37 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 4 | 3 |
 Marcus PetterssonVAN | 22 | 18:37 | 0:51 | 1:38 | 0 | 2 |
 Brock BoeserVAN | 23 | 18:34 | 0:48 | 1:35 | 4 | 2 |
 Josh DoanBUF | 22 | 18:11 | 0:50 | 1:17 | 5 | 2 |
 Evander KaneVAN | 23 | 18:11 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 4 | 1 |
 Kiefer SherwoodVAN | 23 | 17:37 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 4 | 3 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 21 | 17:12 | 0:49 | 1:17 | 4 | 3 |
 Jake DeBruskVAN | 21 | 16:58 | 0:48 | 1:40 | 4 | 2 |
 Tom WillanderVAN | 23 | 16:40 | 0:43 | 1:30 | 2 | 1 |
 Tyler MyersVAN | 19 | 16:26 | 0:52 | 1:58 | 0 | 5 |
 Pierre-Olivier JosephVAN | 20 | 15:34 | 0:47 | 2:09 | 0 | 3 |
 Linus KarlssonVAN | 21 | 15:25 | 0:44 | 1:13 | 2 | 2 |
 Max SassonVAN | 21 | 14:52 | 0:42 | 1:07 | 3 | 1 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 20 | 14:30 | 0:44 | 1:26 | 3 | 8 |
 Josh NorrisBUF | 20 | 14:28 | 0:43 | 1:44 | 3 | 1 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 18 | 14:11 | 0:47 | 1:43 | 3 | 2 |
 David KampfVAN | 20 | 13:50 | 0:42 | 1:03 | 2 | 5 |
 Liam OhgrenVAN | 17 | 13:09 | 0:46 | 1:32 | 2 | 0 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 17 | 12:52 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 3 | 5 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 14 | 12:50 | 0:55 | 2:14 | 1 | 0 |
 Drew O'ConnorVAN | 17 | 12:23 | 0:44 | 1:21 | 2 | 3 |
 Zach MetsaBUF | 12 | 12:16 | 1:01 | 2:07 | 1 | 0 |
 Aatu RätyVAN | 17 | 12:09 | 0:43 | 1:37 | 2 | 2 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 15 | 11:56 | 0:48 | 2:06 | 0 | 1 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 15 | 11:11 | 0:45 | 1:24 | 3 | 4 |
 Noah OstlundBUF | 14 | 10:59 | 0:47 | 2:09 | 0 | 0 |
 Nils HoglanderVAN | 15 | 10:53 | 0:44 | 1:41 | 0 | 1 |
 Jordan GreenwayBUF | 17 | 10:11 | 0:36 | 0:54 | 1 | 1 |