National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Colorado 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 15, 2022
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Referees: Francis Charron, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Travis Gawryletz
Attendance: 18103
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 2114
Colorado 0022
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:54 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt , Kale Clague
7:08 - Sabres Alex Tuch (PP) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Tage Thompson
Penalties
1:04 - Sabres Casey Fitzgerald (2) High sticking
 6:09 - Avalanche Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
17:11 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Tyson Jost , Victor Olofsson
Penalties
0:55 - Avalanche Cale Makar (2) Hooking
 12:42 - Sabres Vinnie Hinostroza (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
8:20 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (EV) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin , Artturi Lehkonen
18:38 - Avalanche Evan Rodrigues (EV) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin , Cale Makar
19:02 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (EV) (EN) 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 60:00 53:01 2:59 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Anderson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 1 1 E 0 0 19 13:54 12:18 0:11 1:25 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 8:30 7:31 0:59 0:00 0 0 1 3 1 3 25
Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 E 0 1 28 17:44 16:40 0:00 1:04 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 14:27 12:19 0:51 1:17 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 35 31:31 28:43 0:13 2:35 0 0 4 4 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 23 18:20 14:51 1:55 1:34 0 0 - - 9 18 33
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 +1 0 1 40 29:27 24:43 2:33 2:11 0 0 - 4 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 9:37 9:00 0:05 0:32 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Vinnie Hinostroza LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 10:00 10:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 E 0 3 23 18:05 16:10 1:55 0:00 0 0 1 1 4 7 36
Kale Clague D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 31 23:56 22:41 0:26 0:49 0 0 - 2 - - -
Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 -1 2 19 14:24 13:48 0:00 0:36 0 0 1 3 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 19 13:40 12:36 1:04 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tage Thompson RW 1 1 2 +2 0 2 27 22:50 19:33 1:58 1:19 0 0 - 1 5 8 38
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:04 12:29 0:00 0:35 0 0 - - 0 1 0
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 15:15 13:40 0:50 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 +1 0 5 26 21:16 18:03 1:55 1:18 1 0 1 2 - - -
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jonas Johansson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandar Georgiev G 0 0 0 0 0 57:20 50:21 4:00 2:59 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 17:39 15:45 0:00 1:54 0 0 2 - - - -
Devon Toews D 0 0 0 E 0 3 26 27:05 23:57 0:49 2:19 0 0 - 2 - - -
Cale Makar D 0 1 1 -1 2 4 28 28:45 25:34 3:11 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 E 0 6 21 18:24 16:55 1:17 0:12 0 0 - - 6 0 100
Andrew Cogliano C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 11:07 9:11 0:00 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Valeri Nichushkin RW 0 2 2 -1 0 3 26 24:21 20:49 2:43 0:49 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brad Hunt D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 9:55 9:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 12:14 10:53 1:21 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Dryden Hunt LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 6:27 6:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Logan O'Connor RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 12:42 10:42 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
J.T. Compher LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 26 23:43 20:36 2:39 0:28 0 0 - - 25 10 71
Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 27 22:19 20:19 1:20 0:40 0 0 2 - - - -
Charles Hudon LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 7:54 6:57 0:57 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Ben Meyers C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 12:03 12:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 0 100
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 23 20:21 17:08 2:40 0:33 0 0 2 - - - -
Andreas Englund D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:20 10:15 0:00 1:05 0 0 5 - - - -
Jean-Luc Foudy C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 5:40 5:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 0 1 -1 0 8 28 27:00 23:57 3:03 0:00 0 0 4 - 8 10 44
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (17-11-4) 41 39 2 .951 0 60:00
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alexandar Georgiev L (40-16-6) 20 17 3 .850 0 57:20