Avalanche 5-3 Sabres (19 Feb, 2022) Final Score

Colorado Avalanche

36-9-4, 15-6-2 away

	1	2	3	T
COL	3	0	2	5
BUF	2	1	0	3

Rantanen, Newhook lead NHL-best Avalanche past Sabres, 5-3

— Mikko Rantanen scored a goal and assisted on Alex Newhook’s tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Saturday.

Feb 19, 2022, 10:06 pm - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	3	0	2	5
	Sabres	2	1	0	3

1st Period		COL	BUF
2:50	Tage Thompson (17) Assists: Alex Tuch (13), Jeff Skinner (15)	0	1
3:35	Nathan MacKinnon (11) Assists: Cale Makar (32), Devon Toews (27)	1	1
11:18	J.T. Compher (9) Assists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel (9)	2	1
12:42	Tage Thompson (18) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (25), Jeff Skinner (16)	2	2
13:02	Nazem Kadri (21) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin (13)	3	2

2nd Period			COL	BUF
12:54		Tage Thompson (19) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson (1)	3	3

3rd Period			COL	BUF
8:37		Alex Newhook (11) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (32)	4	3
19:08		Mikko Rantanen (26) (Empty Net) Unassisted	5	3

AVALANCHE

SABRES

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

Avalanche
-
Sabres
-

Game 1

23/12

Sabres
1
Avalanche
4

Game 1

31/1

Avalanche
5
Sabres
3

Game 2

19/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

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Colorado Avalanche

Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Tage ThompsonRW - BUF

Nathan MacKinnonC - COL

Nazem KadriC - COL

Game Information

Rantanen, Newhook lead NHL-best Avalanche past Sabres, 5-3

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

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