🐋 Away Canucks 23-23-10 before this game

2–1

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
VAN	1	0	1	2
BUF	0	1	0	1

Canucks at Sabres

Canucks beat Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center on February 17, 2000.

🗓 Thu, Feb 17, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐋 VAN

Donald Brashear

1 G

3 shots · 12:33 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐋 VAN

Mattias Ohlund

1 G

3 shots · 30:44 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐋 VAN

Mark Messier

1 A

2 shots · 23:13 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🐋 Mattias Ohlund PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:18

Assists: Mark Messier, Vadim Sharifijanov · beat Martin Biron

1–0

2nd period

⚔️ Michal Grosek Tying 2nd · 01:12

Assists: Stu Barnes, Miroslav Satan · beat Felix Potvin

1–1

3rd period

🐋 Donald Brashear Go-ahead 3rd · 13:46

Assists: Matt Cooke, Felix Potvin · beat Martin Biron

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐋VAN BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 23

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

7 Hits 7

17 Blocked shots 5

4 Takeaways 4

18 Giveaways 18

12 Penalty minutes 6

VAN shooting 7.7% (2/26) BUF shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐋Canucks

Felix Potvin

22/23

.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:03 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Canucks

Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 2nd: 23-23-10 (41% win rate, 56 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 27-24-7 (47% win rate, 58 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐋Canucks

L1 Naslund · Messier · Cassels 22:11

L2 Cooke · Klatt · Bertuzzi 15:25

L3 Brashear · May · Chubarov 11:21

L4 Hendrickson · Druken · Sharifijanov 8:43

D1 Ohlund · Jovanovski 28:31

D2 Baron · Strudwick 20:34

D3 Hawgood · O'Sullivan 9:36

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Barnes · Satan 20:54

L2 Grosek · Holzinger · Varada 17:04

L3 Sanderson · Ward · Tsyplakov 15:09

L4 Rasmussen · Afinogenov · Ray 7:32

D1 Zhitnik · Woolley 24:58

D2 Warrener · McKee 21:33

D3 Sarich · Patrick 7:19

⚔️ Last meetings

Canucks lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

7–6 (OT) · Canucks won

Oct 9, 1996

⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN

2–1 · Sabres won

❓ VAN vs BUF, answered

Who won Canucks vs Sabres on February 17, 2000?

Canucks won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Sabres?

The final score was Canucks 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Canucks?

Donald Brashear, Mattias Ohlund.

Who scored for Sabres?

Michal Grosek.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Sabres season series?

Canucks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐋Canucks

Previous game · Feb 16

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 16

Also on February 17, 2000

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