National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Colorado 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 13258
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0224
Colorado 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:06 - Sabres Jack Eichel (2) Holding
 11:18 - Avalanche Nikita Zadorov (2) Interference
 17:29 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
5:32 - Sabres Benoit Pouliot (SH) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly
12:22 - Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (PP) Assists: Alexander Kerfoot , Mikko Rantanen
18:59 - Sabres Jake McCabe (EV) Assists: Benoit Pouliot , Johan Larsson
Penalties
5:10 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) High sticking
 10:37 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (2) Tripping
 15:51 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (2) Tripping
 18:59 - Avalanche Bench (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
9:58 - Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (PP) Assists: Tyson Barrie , Alexander Kerfoot
11:54 - Sabres Evander Kane (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel , Jake McCabe
19:27 - Sabres Jack Eichel (EV) (EN) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly
Penalties
8:23 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) High sticking
 10:43 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) Slashing
 10:43 - Avalanche Blake Comeau (2) Embellishment
 12:14 - Sabres Marco Scandella (2) High sticking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 42:40 6:00 11:20 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 27 22:25 15:42 0:40 6:03 0 0 - 2 - - -
Evander Kane LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 23 17:22 13:33 1:55 1:54 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 +2 2 3 24 17:12 13:43 2:14 1:15 0 0 1 - 6 4 60
Jordan Nolan LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 7:28 7:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jake McCabe D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 26 19:21 15:49 0:00 3:32 0 0 4 5 - - -
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 14:19 12:03 0:00 2:16 0 0 2 - - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 19 15:35 8:42 5:04 1:49 0 0 1 - - - -
Johan Larsson C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 20 13:12 11:00 0:00 2:12 0 0 1 1 4 7 36
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 E 2 1 14 9:09 7:54 1:15 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Hudson Fasching RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 11:01 7:15 3:46 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 17 15:06 11:20 3:46 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:25 10:26 0:00 2:59 0 0 3 3 - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 E 4 3 25 18:40 14:05 1:15 3:20 0 0 3 2 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 +4 2 4 29 30:42 19:33 4:52 6:17 0 0 2 1 - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 1 1 2 +3 0 2 24 16:49 11:21 0:00 5:28 0 1 - 2 - - -
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:33 11:05 0:00 3:28 0 0 - 2 5 8 38
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 2 2 +2 0 4 25 19:24 10:21 4:45 4:18 0 0 - - 17 9 65
Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:57 10:29 0:28 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 58:02 40:42 11:20 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Bernier G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tyson Barrie D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 29 27:24 19:16 7:37 0:31 0 0 1 2 - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 31 24:35 17:00 2:07 5:28 0 0 2 3 - - -
Sven Andrighetto RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 15:45 11:48 3:49 0:08 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Kerfoot C 0 2 2 -3 0 2 19 18:47 10:55 7:52 0:00 0 0 - 2 2 3 40
Blake Comeau LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 18 11:29 8:57 0:05 2:27 0 0 1 - 2 1 67
Duncan Siemens D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 6:58 6:26 0:00 0:32 0 0 2 - - - -
Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 24 16:48 13:08 0:00 3:40 0 0 3 2 - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 15:32 13:55 1:12 0:25 0 0 1 - 0 3 0
Rocco Grimaldi C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 8:59 8:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 11:47 8:31 3:16 0:00 0 0 3 - 4 2 67
Nathan MacKinnon C 2 0 2 -3 0 7 24 21:48 14:00 7:31 0:17 2 0 - - 10 6 62
Carl Soderberg C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 16:18 10:10 3:41 2:27 0 0 - - 6 5 55
J.T. Compher LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 25 21:18 10:40 7:30 3:08 0 0 1 1 3 8 27
Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 18:52 17:15 1:37 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Anton Lindholm D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 12:54 11:05 0:00 1:49 0 0 3 2 - - -
Nail Yakupov RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 9:59 7:36 2:23 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Matt Nieto LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 11:44 8:36 0:00 3:08 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mikko Rantanen RW 0 1 1 -3 2 3 25 23:01 15:30 7:31 0:00 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner W (12-22-8) 37 35 2 .946 0 60:00
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Semyon Varlamov L (14-12-2) 34 31 3 .912 0 58:02