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Game Thread: Vancouver Canucks (28-11-3) at Buffalo Sabres (18-20-4) – 13 Jan 2024 – 4:00PM EST



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# Vancouver [](/r/canucks) Canucks (28-11-3) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (18-20-4)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|1:00PM|2:00PM|3:00PM|4:00PM|5:00PM|9:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, SN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-at-buffalo-sabres-game-preview-january-13) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020654/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020654/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020654/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Casey Mittelstadt|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Elias Pettersson|J.T. Miller|Brock Boeser|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|JJ Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Dakota Joshua|Teddy Blueger|Conor Garland|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Jordan Greenway|Kyle Okposo|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Ilya Mikheyev|Pius Suter|Andrei Kuzmenko|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Eric Robinson|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Nils Hoglander|Nils Aman|Sam Lafferty|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Quinn Hughes|Filip Hronek|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Erik Johnson|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Carson Soucy|Tyler Myers|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Connor Clifton|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Nikita Zadorov|Ian Cole|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Thatcher Demko|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Casey DeSmith|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Tage Thompson|11 Jan 2024|Undisclosed|DTD|Thompson is undergoing an MRI Friday to evaluate his undisclosed injury, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|10 Jan 2024|Upper Body|OUT|Not Specified|27 Jan 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Phillip Di Giuseppe|02 Jan 2024|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Di Giuseppe (undisclosed) was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday.|27 Jan 2024|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Guillaume Brisebois|11 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Brisebois (undisclosed) was placed on long-term injured reserve Tuesday.|27 Jan 2024|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Tucker Poolman|20 Sep 2023|Head|IR-LT|Poolman (head) will miss Vancouver’s training camp, Chris Johnston of TSN reports.|15 Sep 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/vancouver-canucks/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|42|18|20|4|40|0.476|3.02|3.36|14.17|78.46|31.21|29.67|46.79|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|42|28|11|3|59|0.702|3.90|2.60|23.53|78.23|28.36|30.17|49.16|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|20|17|9|8|2|1|3.01|0.899|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|19|18|8|7|2|0|3.32|0.889|
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|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Thatcher Demko|30|30|21|8|1|3|2.55|0.916|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Casey DeSmith|13|12|7|3|2|1|2.53|0.916|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=23 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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