Buffalo Sabres 5 — 6 Colorado Avalanche
2025-01-02 · Ball Arena · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | COL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewood start | COL | 14 | 18 | 4 | 11/13 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 41:27 | |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | COL | W | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 16:12 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | O | 23 | 29 | 6 | 19/24 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 60:48 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker | L | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19:43 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:53 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:17 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:15 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:52 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:34 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08:42 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15:59 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:59 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19:24 |
| Sam Lafferty | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:11 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:27 |
COL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Toews | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27:14 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26:16 |
| Cale Makar | D | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28:17 |
| Mikko Rantanen | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:34 |
| Jonathan Drouin | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:46 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Ross Colton | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:24 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:32 |
| Oskar Olausson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 07:57 |
| Sam Malinski | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:42 |
| Logan O'Connor | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:47 |
| Keaton Middleton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:41 |
| Josh Manson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17:59 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:01 |
| Parker Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:13 |
| Jere Innala | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:06 |
| Joel Kiviranta | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:39 |
| Juuso Parssinen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:01 |
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 |