Buffalo Sabres 4 — 2 Colorado Avalanche
2017-12-05 · Pepsi Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | COL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 3 | 14 | 11 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semyon Varlamov start | COL | L | 31 | 34 | 3 | 22/24 | 9/9 | 0/1 | 58:02 |
| Robin Lehner start | BUF | W | 35 | 37 | 2 | 23/23 | 10/12 | 2/2 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:49 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19:21 |
| Evander Kane | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30:42 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18:40 |
| Scott Wilson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| Hudson Fasching | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| Victor Antipin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:57 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:33 |
| Jordan Nolan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:28 |
| Justin Falk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13:25 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:25 |
COL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:48 |
| Alexander Kerfoot | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Mikko Rantanen | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:01 |
| Tyson Barrie | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27:24 |
| Erik Johnson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24:35 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:32 |
| Sven Andrighetto | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:52 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:48 |
| Colin Wilson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:47 |
| Carl Soderberg | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| Rocco Grimaldi | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:59 |
| Matt Nieto | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:44 |
| Anton Lindholm | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12:54 |
| J.T. Compher | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:18 |
| Nail Yakupov | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:59 |
| Duncan Siemens | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:58 |
| Blake Comeau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:29 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | COL | 6 | |
| 2025-10-13 | 2025-26 | COL | 3 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2025-01-02 | 2024-25 | BUF | 5 | COL | 6 | OT |
| 2024-12-03 | 2024-25 | COL | 5 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2023-12-13 | 2023-24 | BUF | 1 | COL | 5 | |
| 2023-10-29 | 2023-24 | COL | 0 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2022-12-15 | 2022-23 | BUF | 4 | COL | 2 | |
| 2022-12-01 | 2022-23 | COL | 6 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2022-02-19 | 2021-22 | COL | 5 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2022-01-30 | 2021-22 | BUF | 1 | COL | 4 |