Avalanche 6-1 Sabres (5 Feb, 2020) Box Score

Colorado Avalanche

29-16-6, 15-9-2 away

	1	2	3	T
COL	2	4	0	6
BUF	1	0	0	1

Buffalo Sabres

23-23-7, 15-9-3 home

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Pierre-Edouard BellemareP. Bellemare#41
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#95
Matt CalvertM. Calvert#11
J.T. CompherJ.T. Compher#37
Joonas DonskoiJ. Donskoi#72
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Nazem KadriN. Kadri#91
Gabriel LandeskogG. Landeskog#92
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Matt NietoM. Nieto#83
Mikko RantanenM. Rantanen#96
defensemen
Ian ColeI. Cole#28
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Erik JohnsonE. Johnson#6
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Nikita ZadorovN. Zadorov#16

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	16	11:56	0:00	2:18	9:38	6	3	66.7
1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:16	0:00	0:00	15:16	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	13:32	0:00	2:24	11:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:23	0:00	1:42	11:41	4	1	80.0
0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	12:17	0:00	0:00	12:17	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	13:23	0:00	0:00	13:23	3	5	37.5
1	1	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	20	15:19	0:00	0:00	15:19	7	7	50.0
0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	17	16:35	0:00	0:00	16:35	5	1	83.3
0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	22	19:36	0:00	0:00	19:36	5	5	50.0
1	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	14:47	0:00	0:00	14:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12:52	0:00	1:36	11:16	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	16:44	0:00	0:00	16:44	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	19:49	0:00	2:08	17:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	23	20:03	0:00	0:45	19:18	0	0	0.0
0	1	4	1	0	4	1	2	2	0	1	27	20:43	0:00	1:07	19:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	21:25	0:00	2:22	19:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	23	19:07	0:00	0:00	19:07	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	19:13	0:00	1:38	17:35	0	0	0.0

goalies
Philipp GrubauerP. Grubauer#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	1	23	.958	19	0	4	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Rasmus AsplundR. Asplund#74
Jean-Sebastien DeaJ. Dea#15
Jack EichelJ. Eichel#9
Michael FrolikM. Frolik#67
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#23
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#71
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
Jeff SkinnerJ. Skinner#53
Jimmy VeseyJ. Vesey#13
defensemen
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#4
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Jake McCabeJ. McCabe#19
Colin MillerC. Miller#33
Brandon MontourB. Montour#62
Lawrence PilutL. Pilut#24
Rasmus RistolainenR. Ristolainen#55

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	9:35	0:00	0:00	9:35	2	5	28.6
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	10:07	0:00	0:00	10:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	23	20:47	3:01	0:00	17:46	11	11	50.0
0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	23	17:18	0:00	0:00	17:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	13:49	0:00	0:00	13:49	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	19:17	2:34	0:00	16:43	6	2	75.0
1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:20	2:34	0:00	17:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:24	1:26	0:00	12:58	4	10	28.6
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	20:09	1:26	0:00	18:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:33	2:34	0:00	14:59	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	19:42	1:26	0:00	18:16	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	20	17:09	0:00	0:00	17:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:34	0:00	0:00	15:34	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	19	17:49	0:00	0:00	17:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	15:23	0:45	0:00	14:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	18	17:12	0:59	0:00	16:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	20	14:38	0:29	0:00	14:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	18:25	2:46	0:00	15:39	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jonas JohanssonJ. Johansson#34
Carter HuttonC. Hutton#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
14	1	13	.929	13	0	0	0	0	29:34	0
13	5	8	.615	8	0	0	0	0	30:26	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	2	4	0	6
	Sabres	1	0	0	1

1st Period		COL	BUF
13:12	Samuel Girard (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan Graves (12), Joonas Donskoi (16)	1	0
13:57	Andre Burakovsky (17) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nazem Kadri (16), Nikita Zadorov (9)	2	0
19:59	Sam Reinhart (19) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jake McCabe (7), Jack Eichel (35)	2	1

2nd Period		COL	BUF
1:00	Nazem Kadri (18) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin (11), Andre Burakovsky (20)	3	1
4:23	Nikita Zadorov (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andre Burakovsky (21), Valeri Nichushkin (12)	4	1
10:58	Valeri Nichushkin (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Andre Burakovsky (22), Cale Makar (27)	5	1
12:59	Mikko Rantanen (17) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (43), Gabriel Landeskog (10)	6	1

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Avalanche
6
Sabres
1

Game 1

5/2

Sabres
2
Avalanche
3

Game 2

27/2

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 5 February 2020

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 16,859

Referees:
Ghislain Hebert
Dan O'Rourke

Linesmen:
Greg Devorski
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	16	3	0	32
Minnesota	13	3	3	29
Dallas	12	6	0	24
Colorado	11	9	0	22
St. Louis	9	11	1	19
Utah	7	9	3	17
Chicago	7	12	1	15
Nashville	6	11	3	15

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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Colorado Avalanche

Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Game Information

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