Colorado Avalanche @ Buffalo Sabres

15-38-2, 8-19-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	0	0	0	0
Sabres BUF	0	1	1	2

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

25-23-10, 14-10-4 Home

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	0	0	0	0
	Sabres	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			COL	BUF
0:48		Sam Reinhart (13) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen (30), Ryan O'Reilly (25)	0	1

3rd Period			COL	BUF
15:46		Evander Kane (19) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evan Rodrigues (2), Jack Eichel (18)	0	2

AVALANCHE

SABRES

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Avalanche
0
Sabres
2

Game 1

17/2

Sabres
3
Avalanche
5

Game 2

26/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	28	2	7	63
Dallas	25	7	7	57
Minnesota	23	10	6	52
Utah	18	18	3	39
St. Louis	15	16	8	38
Nashville	16	17	4	36
Winnipeg	15	17	4	34
Chicago	14	17	6	34

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Detroit	22	14	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	20	15	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	5	39

Lightning hold off the Canadiens 5-4, extend winning streak to 4 games

— Nikita Kucherov scored twice, Gage Goncalves added two assists and had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Sunday.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

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— The Columbus Blue Jackets scored a pair of third-period goals in just over a minute and rallied to beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Sunday for their second straight win.

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Colorado Avalanche @ Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Ryan O'ReillyC - BUF

Evander KaneLW - BUF

Robin LehnerG - BUF

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

2025-26 Central Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Lightning hold off the Canadiens 5-4, extend winning streak to 4 games

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Kirill Marchenko scores twice as Blue Jackets rally past Islanders 4-2