VAN @ BUF 3–5 · 2026-01-06

Team	1	2	3	SOG
VAN	0	0	3	37
BUF	2	1	2	20

Story

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Result BUF 5–3Call No lean · BUF 54%xG 3.86–3.78 · deserved VAN 51%Swing Thompson +18 1st 2:01Method

Goals and penalties with BUF win probability
Time	Event	BUF win before	BUF win after
1st 2:01	Goal BUF · T. Thompson	54%	72%
1st 3:21	BUF penalty · J. Norris · hooking · 2 min
1st 10:49	BUF penalty · B. Byram · interference · 2 min
1st 11:24	Goal BUF · R. McLeod (SH)	73%	87%
2nd 5:09	VAN penalty · T. Willander · hooking · 2 min
2nd 9:37	Goal BUF · A. Tuch	91%	97%
3rd 6:13	Goal BUF · Z. Metsa	99%	99%
3rd 8:26	BUF penalty · T. Thompson · high sticking double minor · 4 min
3rd 10:17	Goal VAN · J. DeBrusk (PP)	99%	99%
3rd 15:16	Goal VAN · E. Pettersson	99%	99%
3rd 15:55	Goal VAN · L. Ohgren	99%	94%
3rd 18:36	Goal BUF · J. Doan (EN)	98%	99%

On ice · final horn

VAN6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	Hit	Blk	FO
40E. PetterssonC	0:47	18:41	23	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	9-15
74J. DeBruskL	0:47	16:58	21	1	0	1	4	5	2	1	–
91E. KaneL	0:47	18:11	23	0	0	0	3	13	0	0	1-0
6B. BoeserR	0:47	18:34	23	0	2	2	3	6	1	1	2-1
17F. HronekD	1:42	26:20	27	0	1	1	1	6	1	0	–
24Z. BuiumD	1:42	22:50	24	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	–

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71R. McLeodC	0:06	14:30	20	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	10-7
72T. ThompsonC	0:47	18:37	23	1	0	1	1	8	4	2	0	6-3
91J. DoanR	0:47	18:11	22	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	2	–
4B. ByramD	0:27	24:29	29	0	2	2	2	7	2	0	2	–
23M. SamuelssonD	0:47	24:36	25	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	5	–
1U. LuukkonenG		60:00	SA37GA3SV%.919xGA3.86GSAx+0.86

Goals

1st
Tage Thompson(1)
B. Byram (1), O. Power (1)
xG 0.16wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 BUF1st 02:01+17.972%
Ryan McLeod(1)SH
A. Tuch (1), M. Samuelsson (1)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 BUF1st 11:24+14.087%
2nd
Alex Tuch(1)
B. Byram (2), J. Norris (1)
xG 0.14wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–3 BUF2nd 09:37+6.197%
3rd
Zach Metsa(1)
B. Malenstyn (1), J. Greenway (1)
xG 0.23wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–4 BUF3rd 06:13+0.099%
Jake DeBrusk(1)PP
K. Sherwood (1), B. Boeser (1)
xG 0.38snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 BUF3rd 10:17+0.01%
Elias Pettersson(1)
B. Boeser (2), F. Hronek (1)
xG 0.11wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 BUF3rd 15:16+0.11%
Liam Ohgren(1)
M. Pettersson (1), L. Karlsson (1)
xG 0.03wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 BUF3rd 15:55+5.76%
Josh Doan(1)EN
Unassisted
xG 0.48wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–5 BUF3rd 18:36+1.999%

Shots

VAN3.86 xG59 unblocked · 17 blocked59 unblocked · 17 blocked

BUF3.78 xG33 unblocked · 12 blocked33 unblocked · 12 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

VANBUF3Goals53.86xG3.7837Shots2059Unblocked3376Attempts454High danger71/4Power play0/126Faceoffs3017Hits1612Blocks174Takeaways516Giveaways152PIM8

Skaters

Player

Player
17F. HronekFilip HronekD	26:20	0	1	1	1	6	0.01	−0.01	1	0	2	0	—	0	0
24Z. BuiumZeev BuiumD	22:50	0	0	0	1	4	0.08	−0.08	0	1	0	3	—	0	-1
40E. PetterssonElias PetterssonC	18:41	1	0	1	3	3	0.43	+0.57	0	1	0	2	38%	0	-2
29M. PetterssonMarcus PetterssonD	18:37	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	2	—	0	0
6B. BoeserBrock BoeserR	18:34	0	2	2	3	6	0.40	−0.40	1	1	0	0	67%	0	-3
91E. KaneEvander KaneL	18:11	0	0	0	3	13	0.60	−0.60	0	0	0	1	100%	0	-2
44K. SherwoodKiefer SherwoodL	17:37	0	1	1	6	9	0.44	−0.44	4	0	0	1	—	0	-2
74J. DeBruskJake DeBruskL	16:58	1	0	1	4	5	0.71	+0.29	2	1	0	0	—	0	-2
5T. WillanderTom WillanderD	16:40	0	0	0	1	4	0.03	−0.03	0	0	0	2	—	2	-1
57T. MyersTyler MyersD	16:26	0	0	0	2	2	0.06	−0.06	1	1	0	1	—	0	-2
7P. JosephPierre-Olivier JosephD	15:34	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	−0.02	0	2	0	0	—	0	-1
94L. KarlssonLinus KarlssonC	15:25	0	1	1	3	4	0.33	−0.33	1	0	2	0	—	0	+1
63M. SassonMax SassonC	14:52	0	0	0	2	4	0.18	−0.18	0	0	0	2	63%	0	0
64D. KampfDavid KampfC	13:50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	27%	0	-1
92L. OhgrenLiam OhgrenL	13:09	1	0	1	4	5	0.21	+0.79	1	0	0	1	0%	0	+1
18D. O'ConnorDrew O'ConnorL	12:23	0	0	0	3	4	0.22	−0.22	0	0	0	1	—	0	-1
54A. RätyAatu RätyC	12:09	0	0	0	1	3	0.09	−0.09	0	0	0	0	75%	0	0
21N. HoglanderNils HoglanderL	10:53	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	−0.04	2	1	0	0	—	0	0
VAN total		3	6	9	37	76	3.86	−0.86	17	8	4	16	46%	2

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

DeBrusk+1.01

Boeser+0.82

Pettersson+0.80

Sherwood+0.42

Ohgren+0.38

Karlsson−0.16

Kane−0.20

Hoglander−0.20

O'Connor−0.24

Räty−0.25

Sasson−0.30

Kampf−0.32

Defence

Pettersson+0.09

Joseph+0.01

Myers−0.02

Hronek−0.06

Buium−0.11

Willander−0.23

Goalie

Demko−1.23

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
DeBrusk·Pettersson·Karlsson	6:51	10	5	9	35.7%	4	4	0	0	0.31	0.51	38.2%	−0.20	2	2	50%
O'Connor·Sherwood·Kampf	6:22	11	6	5	54.5%	2	3	0	1	0.10	0.23	30.9%	−0.13	1	3	25%
Kane·Sasson·Boeser	6:16	11	6	7	46.2%	3	3	0	1	0.23	0.40	36.2%	−0.17	2	1	67%
Hoglander·Ohgren·Räty	6:06	10	5	8	38.5%	3	0	0	0	0.11	0.57	16.5%	−0.46	1	1	50%
Kane·Pettersson·Boeser	4:31	9	9	4	69.2%	3	2	1	1	0.36	0.29	56.1%	+0.08	1	1	50%
Ohgren·Sasson·Karlsson	2:31	5	3	0	100.0%	2	0	1	0	0.12	0.00	100.0%	+0.12	0	0	—
Sherwood·DeBrusk·Kampf	2:21	4	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	0	0	—
O'Connor·Hoglander·Räty	2:19	5	4	1	80.0%	0	1	0	0	0.09	0.04	70.2%	+0.05	1	0	100%
Occasional · 6 groups
DeBrusk·Kampf·Karlsson	1:00	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Sherwood·Ohgren·Kampf	0:59	7	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Ohgren·Räty·Boeser	0:53	2	0	3	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.10	0.0%	−0.10	0	0	—
O'Connor·Sasson·Karlsson	0:53	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
O'Connor·Ohgren·Kampf	0:40	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Hoglander·Sherwood·Räty	0:32	1	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
VAN 5v5	49:00		45	41	52.3%	19	18	2	3	1.50	2.61	36.5%	−1.11

Goalies

Thatcher Demko

VAN · 58:51

Saves: 15/19
SV%: .789
xGA: 2.75
GSAx: −1.25

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	15/18	.833	2.61	−0.39
Power play	0/0	—	0.02	+0.02
Shorthanded	0/1	.000	0.12	−0.88
High danger	2/4	.500	1.09	−0.91

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 34/37
SV%: .919
xGA: 3.86
GSAx: +0.86

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	22/24	.917	1.93	−0.07
Power play	11/12	.917	1.77	+0.77
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.16	+0.16
High danger	3/4	.750	1.02	+0.02

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Vancouver Canucks

Minutes

26:20Hronek
22:50Buium
18:37M. Pettersson
16:40Willander
16:26Myers
15:34Joseph

18:41E. Pettersson
18:34Boeser
18:11Kane
17:37Sherwood
16:58DeBrusk
15:25Karlsson
14:52Sasson
13:50Kampf
13:09Ohgren
12:23O'Connor
12:09Räty
10:53Hoglander

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareVANBUF

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HronekD1 O4
BuiumD1 O3
WillanderD1 O2
M. PetterssonD2 O0
JosephD3 O0
MyersD5 O0
KaneD1 O4
BoeserD2 O4
DeBruskD2 O4
E. PetterssonD3 O5
OhgrenD0 O2
SassonD1 O3
SherwoodD3 O4
KarlssonD2 O2
RätyD2 O2
HoglanderD1 O0
O'ConnorD3 O2
KampfD5 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period