Colorado Avalanche @ Buffalo Sabres

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

Final

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

16-26-8, 8-14-4 Home

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
Colorado	27	2	7	61
Dallas	25	7	6	56
Minnesota	23	10	6	52
Utah	18	18	3	39
Nashville	16	16	4	36
St. Louis	14	16	8	36
Winnipeg	15	17	4	34
Chicago	13	17	6	32

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	14	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	5	39

Samuelsson's three-point game leads Sabres to 8th straight win, 4-1 over Bruins

— Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday night for their eighth straight victory.

Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

Team USA outlasts Switzerland at World Junior Championship

Playing on home ice in St. Paul, Minnesota, the United States held off Switzerland 2-1 in preliminary-round play at the World Junior Championship on Saturday night, and will now take on Slovakia in the next round of the tournament.

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Colorado Avalanche @ Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Tage ThompsonC - 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

2025-26 Central Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Samuelsson's three-point game leads Sabres to 8th straight win, 4-1 over Bruins

Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

Team USA outlasts Switzerland at World Junior Championship