National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 6, Buffalo 5
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 2, 2025
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, CJ Murray
Attendance: 18081
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 21205
Colorado 01416
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:17 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Jack Quinn , Tage Thompson
17:10 - Sabres Bowen Byram (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker , Dylan Cozens
Penalties
12:18 - Avalanche Josh Manson (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
11:08 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Tage Thompson , Rasmus Dahlin
14:58 - Avalanche Cale Makar (EV) Assists: Jonathan Drouin , Devon Toews
Penalties
10:12 - Avalanche Ross Colton (2) Cross checking
 17:03 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
1:05 - Avalanche Ross Colton (EV) Assists: Samuel Girard
1:27 - Sabres Zach Benson (EV) Assists: Peyton Krebs , JJ Peterka
4:17 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (PP) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Casey Mittelstadt
16:09 - Sabres Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson
17:34 - Avalanche Cale Makar (EV) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Devon Toews
19:52 - Avalanche Jonathan Drouin (EV) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Mikko Rantanen
Penalties
1:27 - Avalanche Bench (2) Delay of game
 3:04 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Hooking
 3:19 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Tripping
 3:45 - Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen (2) Roughing
 3:45 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Cross checking
Overtime
Scoring
0:48 - Avalanche Devon Toews (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:48 53:16 3:32 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 1 0 1 E 0 1 32 21:15 19:24 0:00 1:51 0 0 1 - - - -
Zach Benson LW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 15 9:34 8:49 0:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 3 1 4 +1 0 4 24 18:14 15:25 2:49 0:00 2 0 2 2 2 2 50
Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 E 0 0 18 8:42 8:24 0:00 0:18 0 0 2 - 6 4 60
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:36 15:53 0:43 0:00 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 20 15:22 12:35 2:47 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 31 24:27 22:07 0:00 2:20 0 0 3 - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -2 2 1 27 18:52 17:07 0:46 0:59 0 0 3 - 15 7 68
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 30 22:06 19:37 0:47 1:42 0 0 1 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 33 23:17 20:26 2:45 0:06 0 0 1 - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 15:59 14:15 0:00 1:44 0 0 3 2 1 0 100
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 15:17 13:18 0:00 1:59 0 0 - - 6 10 38
Tage Thompson C 0 3 3 -1 0 4 29 19:43 16:54 2:46 0:03 0 0 - 1 - - -
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 17 12:59 11:40 0:00 1:19 0 0 4 - - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15 11:53 9:03 2:50 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 13:20 12:38 0:00 0:42 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 16 10:11 9:54 0:00 0:17 0 0 2 - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -2 2 0 27 19:24 17:00 0:42 1:42 0 0 1 4 - - -
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mackenzie Blackwood G 0 0 0 0 0 16:12 12:35 2:00 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 41:27 37:32 2:00 1:55 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Toews D 1 2 3 +3 0 4 32 27:14 24:08 0:38 2:28 0 0 - 2 - - -
Cale Makar D 2 0 2 +3 0 5 29 28:17 22:38 3:35 2:04 0 0 1 2 - - -
Juuso Parssinen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 7:01 6:36 0:25 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 1 75
Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:13 9:19 0:00 2:54 0 0 5 - 5 7 42
Ross Colton C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 22 14:24 13:59 0:25 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jere Innala LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:06 7:02 0:04 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Oskar Olausson RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 7:57 7:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Logan O'Connor RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 10:47 9:01 0:00 1:46 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Jonathan Drouin LW 1 1 2 +3 0 2 24 22:46 19:36 3:10 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nathan MacKinnon C 0 3 3 +2 0 3 27 26:16 22:41 3:35 0:00 0 0 1 1 14 13 52
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 17:29 15:30 1:59 0:00 0 0 - - 3 9 25
Josh Manson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 17:59 16:55 0:00 1:04 0 0 4 1 - - -
Samuel Girard D 0 1 1 E 0 1 31 20:32 18:39 0:25 1:28 0 0 2 1 - - -
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 0 0 +2 2 0 28 22:01 18:14 2:01 1:46 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Keaton Middleton D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16 9:41 9:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 13:42 13:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Joel Kiviranta LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 10:39 10:01 0:00 0:38 0 0 4 - - - -
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 26 25:34 21:59 3:35 0:00 1 0 2 - 5 3 62
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (11-12-4) 29 23 6 .793 0 60:48
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Scott Wedgewood 18 14 4 .778 0 41:27
Mackenzie Blackwood W (12-10-3) 3 2 1 .667 0 16:12