The Vancouver Canucks will welcome back Thatcher Demko to the lineup when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.

Demko, the Canucks' No. 1 goalie, has missed 12 games with a lower-body injury sustained Nov. 11 against the Winnipeg Jets. He allowed three goals on eight shots in the first period of Vancouver's 5-3 loss before exiting the game.

He is 5-4-0 with a 2.80 goals-against average and .903 save percentage in 10 games this season.

"I feel ready to go," Demko said. "It was a minor tweak of something, and pretty much just had to give it time and get the reps back, so we've done that and excited to be hopefully back in the lineup."

His start against Winnipeg came after not dressing the previous two games because of another injury.

"There's a narrative around the whole situation,

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