His best sequence of the night came with seconds left on the clock when Vancouver's Brock Boeser blasted a shot on net from the top of the faceoff circle and Luukkonen denied him with his left pad. The puck popped out to Conor Garland as he crashed the net and tried to poke in the rebound, only to see Luukkonen deny him with his left skate.

In what Rick Tocchet called "a microcosm of our season," the Vancouver Canucks gave up a one-goal lead in the third period to the Buffalo Sabres.

JJ Peterka had a goal and assist in the third period, and Rasmus Dahlin had two assists for the Sabres (18-24-5), who were coming off a 6-4 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Sunday and won for the second time in five games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen returned after missing the game in Seattle with an undisclosed injury to make 32 saves for Buffalo.

Tage Thompson, Jiri Kulich and JJ Peterka each found the back of the net, with Peterka’s late tally proving to be the game winner. It marked the Sabres’ third win this season when trailing after two periods, and their first since Nov. 23 at San Jose.

On Botchford Project and Lunar New Year night, the Vancouver Canucks dropped a 3–2 game against the Buffalo Sabres. Phil Di Giuseppe and Elias Pettersson lit the lamp for the Canucks. Tage Thompson, Jiri Kulich,

Jiri Kulich led the charge with a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres (18-24-5) rallied for a thrilling 3-2 road victory over the Vancouver Canucks (20-16-10) on Tuesday.

The Sabres' morning skate Tuesday was noteworthy for the fact that coach Lindy Ruff ran his team hard for 25 minutes, making them take part in battle drills to try