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Vancouver Canucks @ Buffalo Sabres

Canucks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Merilainen	2	4	1	0	3.33	.898
K. Lankinen	1	7	0	0	6.17	.812

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	3	3	3	0	3.56	.866
C. Ellis	3	1	0	1	3.11	.880

KeyBank Center

5:30 AM, 10 March 2027

Buffalo, NY

VAN

BUF

Points

Elias PetterssonC #40

16PTS

12A

Tage ThompsonC #72

15PTS

Goals

Jonathan LekkerimakiRW #88

1PPG

24S

Tage ThompsonC #72

1PPG

55S

Assists

Elias PetterssonC #40

12A

2PPA

-1+/-

Zach BensonLW #6

2PPA

10+/-

Vancouver Canucks

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

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Justin Danforth RW	IR	31 Oct
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	4 Nov
Jiri Kulich C	OUT	4 Nov
Alex Lyon G	IR	31 Oct
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	31 Oct

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
VAN	3.00	4.53	21.1	32.2	141	9	19.1	18	65.4	2	0
BUF	3.08	3.54	27.8	26.9	126	6	13.6	15	67.4	1	0

Canucks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@SJ	L3-2
28/10/26	@ANA	W6-5 OT
26/10/26	vsMIN	L4-2
23/10/26	vsDET	L5-2
21/10/26	vsCAR	L6-3

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@ANA	W7-6
28/10/26	@SJ	W2-0
25/10/26	@WSH	L4-3 OT
22/10/26	vsPHI	L3-1
18/10/26	@MTL	L4-3 OT

Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/4

Sabres
Canucks

Game 1

5/12

Canucks
Sabres

Game 2

10/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Edmonton	9	2	2	20
Vegas	9	4	1	19
Seattle	8	4	1	17
San Jose	7	6	1	15
Anaheim	5	7	1	11
Calgary	5	7	0	10
Los Angeles	4	6	2	10
Vancouver	3	11	1	7

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	4	1	19
Montreal	8	3	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	3	1	17
Ottawa	8	5	1	17
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	6	2	16
Buffalo	6	4	3	15
Detroit	6	4	3	15

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Vancouver Canucks @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Elias PetterssonC #40

Tage ThompsonC #72

Jonathan LekkerimakiRW #88

Tage ThompsonC #72

Elias PetterssonC #40

Zach BensonLW #6

Injury Report

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