Sabres 3–2 Canucks — Final Score & Stats (Dec 11, 2025)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
⚔️ BUF	1	2	0	3
🐋 VAN	1	1	0	2

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Tage Thompson

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 19:06 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Rasmus Dahlin

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 24:51 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Alex Lyon

30 saves

0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Rasmus Dahlin Go-ahead 1st · 07:36

Assists: Ryan McLeod, Jack Quinn · beat Thatcher Demko

1–0

🐋 Kiefer Sherwood PP Tying 1st · 19:49

Assists: Conor Garland, Quinn Hughes · beat Alex Lyon

1–1

2nd period

🐋 Max Sasson Go-ahead 2nd · 06:15

Assists: Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson · beat Alex Lyon

1–2

⚔️ Tage Thompson Tying 2nd · 09:12

Assists: Rasmus Dahlin · beat Thatcher Demko

2–2

⚔️ Zach Benson PP Go-ahead 2nd · 14:46

Assists: Josh Doan, Tage Thompson · beat Thatcher Demko

3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 McLeod · Thompson · Doan 19:06

L2 Benson · Krebs · Kozak 16:45

L3 Greenway · Malenstyn · Quinn 15:39

L4 Dunne · Kuntar · Rosen 6:21

D1 Samuelsson · Dahlin 25:42

D2 Timmins · Byram 21:07

D3 Power · Bryson 12:24

🐋Canucks

L1 Sherwood · Garland · Boeser 20:26

L2 Kane · DeBrusk · Sasson 16:16

L3 Hoglander · O'Connor · Kampf 13:11

L4 Bains · Raty · Karlsson 10:51

D1 Hughes · Hronek 26:48

D2 Myers · Pettersson 18:46

D3 Pettersson · Willander 12:38

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF VAN🐋

15 Shots on goal 32

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

13 Hits 22

26 Blocked shots 7

8 Takeaways 4

17 Giveaways 14

10 Penalty minutes 8

BUF shooting 20.0% (3/15) VAN shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Alex Lyon

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI

🐋Canucks

Thatcher Demko

12/15

.800 SV% · 3 GA · 57:54 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

BUF VAN

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 5-3-2 (50% win rate, 10 games)

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 1st: 3-8-1 (25% win rate, 12 games)

After 2nd — 3–2

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Canucks

Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Jan 212025 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 3–2 Nov 292024 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 OT Mar 192024 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 2–3 Jan 132024 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 1–0 Nov 152022 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 5–4

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❓ BUF vs VAN, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canucks on December 11, 2025?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 3, Canucks 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Zach Benson.

Who scored for Canucks?

Kiefer Sherwood, Max Sasson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Alex Lyon made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Thatcher Demko made 12 saves on 15 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canucks season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 4–3 AfterDec 14 ⚔️BUF @ 🦑SEA 3–1

🐋 Canucks

BeforeDec 8 🐙DET @ 🐋VAN 4–0 AfterDec 14 🐋VAN @ 😈NJD 2–1

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