Score: Sabres 4, Canucks 5
Shots: Buffalo 32 | Vancouver 32
Buffalo Sabres Goals: Jeff Skinner (4, 5), Alex Tuch (8), Casey Mittelstadt (4)
Vancouver Canucks Goals: Dakota Joshua (3), Ethan Bear (1), Elias Pettersson (7), J.T. Miller (10), Bo Horvat (14)
Minus 1: Special Teams
Special teams could've been quite the difference-maker against a slumping team like the Canucks, and they were - but not in the way Buffalo would’ve hoped. The Sabres failed to capitalize on three power-play opportunities, while giving up two power-play goals to the Canucks.