The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche, 5 to 4, on December 3.

Final

Avalanche

14-12-0

5

Sabres

11-12-2

4

Team

COL

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

COL

BUF

Tage Thompson (EV) assisted by Alex Tuch and Connor Clifton

Tage Thompson (EV) assisted by Bowen Byram and Jason Zucker

JJ Peterka (EV) assisted by Zach Benson and Dylan Cozens

Beck Malenstyn (EV) assisted by Nicolas Aube-Kubel

2nd period

COL

BUF

Nathan MacKinnon (EV) unassisted

3rd period

COL

BUF

Joel Kiviranta (EV) assisted by Logan O'Connor and Calvin de Haan

Logan O'Connor (EV) assisted by Samuel Girard

Nathan MacKinnon (EV) assisted by Devon Toews and Mikko Rantanen

Artturi Lehkonen (EV) assisted by Nathan MacKinnon and Calvin de Haan

Avalanche

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Avalanche

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alexandar Georgiev A. Georgiev	0	0	0	8	4	.500	4	20.31	0	12
Scott Wedgewood (W) S. Wedgewood	1	0	0	22	22	1.000	0	0.00	0	48

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Samuel Girard S. Girard	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	3	17:33
Ivan Ivan I. Ivan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	33.3	1	0	0	0	12:17
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	8	75.0	3	0	1	1	10:12
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	4	0	0	0	13:36
Nikolai Kovalenko N. Kovalenko	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	9:35
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	0	0	24:33
John Ludvig J. Ludvig	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	14:11
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	2	1	3	+1	0	0	9	22.2	7	19	36.8	2	2	0	1	23:33
Cale Makar C. Makar	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	2	27:20
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	16:43
Casey Mittelstadt C. Mittelstadt	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0	4	7	57.1	1	0	0	2	12:00
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	1	0	0	17:37
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	1	1	2	+1	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		2	0	1	1	15:37
Nikita Prishchepov N. Prishchepov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	3:37
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0	6	9	66.7	0	1	3	1	25:58
Devon Toews D. Toews	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	2	28:27
Chris Wagner C. Wagner	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	5	20.0	2	1	0	1	6:16
Calvin de Haan C. de Haan	0	2	2	0	2	0	7	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	14:55

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (L) U. Luukkonen	0	1	0	41	36	.878	5	5.11	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nicolas Aube-Kubel N. Aube-Kubel	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	2	0	1	0	11:44
Zach Benson Z. Benson	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	14:53
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	0	0	0	+1	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	2	14:54
Bowen Byram B. Byram	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	26:30
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	0	1	1	+1	0	0		0	0		4	1	0	1	16:06
Dylan Cozens D. Cozens	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0.0	9	15	60.0	0	1	0	2	18:52
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	17:16
Henri Jokiharju H. Jokiharju	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	1	0	1	17:27
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	3	0	0	0	12:25
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	2	8	25.0	1	1	1	1	12:22
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		4	0	0	1	11:02
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	6	10	60.0	0	1	0	1	13:02
JJ Peterka	1	0	1	-1	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	0	2	18:20
Owen Power O. Power	0	0	0	-3	0	0		0	0		0	2	3	0	21:54
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	10:23
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	2	0	2	+1	0	5	40.0	3	15	20.0	1	0	0	0	20:52
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	3	20:20
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	2	1	20:54