Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks — December 11, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on December 11, 2025. Despite the result, the Vancouver Canucks held the edge in expected goals (7.84 to 4.44) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Vancouver Canucks created 10 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Max Sasson was the most dangerous skater with 1.98 individual expected goals on 5 shots at 5-on-5. The Vancouver Canucks outshot the Buffalo Sabres 32-15 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks progressed on Dec 11, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BUF3 - 2VAN

Dec 11, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VAN	P1	31	14	68.9	23	11	67.6	12	7	63.2	15	10	60.0	6	2	75.0	3.11	1.39	69.1	1	1	50.0
	P2	18	17	51.4	13	13	50.0	8	6	57.1	15	11	57.7	4	3	57.1	2.89	2.70	51.7	1	2	33.3
	P3	35	6	85.4	20	4	83.3	12	2	85.7	25	3	89.3	8	2	80.0	5.35	0.84	86.4	0	0	—
	Total	84	37	69.4	56	28	66.7	32	15	68.1	55	24	69.6	18	7	72.0	11.35	4.94	69.7	2	3	40.0
BUF	P1	14	31	31.1	11	23	32.4	7	12	36.8	10	15	40.0	2	6	25.0	1.39	3.11	30.9	1	1	50.0
	P2	17	18	48.6	13	13	50.0	6	8	42.9	11	15	42.3	3	4	42.9	2.70	2.89	48.3	2	1	66.7
	P3	6	35	14.6	4	20	16.7	2	12	14.3	3	25	10.7	2	8	20.0	0.84	5.35	13.6	0	0	—
	Total	37	84	30.6	28	56	33.3	15	32	31.9	24	55	30.4	7	18	28.0	4.94	11.35	30.3	3	2	60.0

Win Probability

VAN Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

VAN Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BUF ShootVAN Shoot

Missed Shot

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Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VAN) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VAN players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VAN player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VAN ↓ / BUF →	McLeod	Krebs	Thompson	Kozak	Dunne	Kuntar	Greenway	Benson	Malenstyn	Doan	Quinn	Rosen	Samuelsson	Dahlin	Timmins	Power	Byram	Bryson
Sasson	79	100	100	69	88	91	71	70	100	75	79	67	75	65	100	79	83	75
Kampf	43	30	33	25	100	100	25	50	67	33	40	20	25	46	17	36	50	50
Räty	25	29	33	83	50	50	83	0	67	25	0	100	60	67	50	33	20	0
Karlsson	67	100	100	62	100	100	62	67	100	67	67	67	67	54	88	80	80	100
Sherwood	50	40	30	76	67	0	84	45	84	40	43	67	74	67	86	46	60	0
DeBrusk	90	100	100	81	100	100	83	80	100	50	85	70	88	75	100	90	83	100
Kane	50	45	40	71	60	0	80	50	82	44	40	50	72	75	75	46	56	0
Hoglander	80	40	50	83	83	89	85	60	93	33	75	71	84	80	80	79	67	25
O'Connor	60	67	50	71	80	—	77	56	75	67	63	67	73	69	82	64	73	0
Bains	40	25	25	100	80	80	100	40	83	25	40	100	60	71	75	63	50	0
Boeser	69	53	40	44	100	100	50	43	86	44	57	25	63	47	69	60	83	50
Garland	75	50	46	57	100	100	63	57	100	50	50	33	65	57	65	64	71	100
Hughes	82	47	44	73	100	100	76	71	96	44	75	55	75	67	86	80	50	100
Hronek	79	43	44	74	100	100	76	63	100	41	82	58	74	66	77	69	67	100
Myers	64	43	33	79	70	75	88	64	76	40	73	89	63	76	83	64	69	67
Pettersson	50	55	54	44	67	—	50	46	50	55	45	40	44	60	57	44	60	43
Pettersson	55	0	0	75	60	50	79	58	78	20	70	89	71	64	69	50	77	50
Willander	17	60	56	17	100	—	17	20	100	55	0	25	50	38	33	45	40	33