Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Sat, Feb 25, 2017 · Pepsi Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 5

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at Pepsi Center. Gabriel Landeskog scored twice. Jeremy Smith made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	3	37
COL	3	1	1	5	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:06	COL	EV	Gabriel Landeskog (12) · tip-in	Mark Barberio (7), Nathan MacKinnon (28)	0–1
1st	12:42	COL	EV	Mikhail Grigorenko (7) · wrist	Matt Nieto (4), Erik Johnson (11)	0–2
1st	14:24	COL	EV	Tyson Barrie (5) · snap	Mikko Rantanen (16), Matt Nieto (5)	0–3
1st	17:11	BUF	PP	Sam Reinhart (14) · wrist	Jack Eichel (21), Rasmus Ristolainen (33)	1–3
2nd	09:55	BUF	EV	Marcus Foligno (10) · wrist	Zemgus Girgensons (8), Justin Bailey (2)	2–3
2nd	16:07	COL	EV	Blake Comeau (8) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (29), Gabriel Landeskog (13)	2–4
2nd	17:40	BUF	EV	Evan Rodrigues (1) · wrist	Tyler Ennis (5), Matt Moulson (11)	3–4
3rd	19:20	COL	SH EN	Gabriel Landeskog (13) · wrist	Blake Comeau (6)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:44	BUF	Justin Bailey	cross checking	2
1st	10:44	COL	Mark Barberio	cross checking	2
1st	17:05	COL	Mikko Rantanen	elbowing	2
2nd	01:49	COL	Joe Colborne	high sticking	2
2nd	07:16	COL	Tyson Barrie	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	03:41	BUF	Zach Bogosian	cross checking	2
3rd	09:01	BUF	Cody Franson	interference	2
3rd	12:38	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.38 · COL 2.99 · xG% BUF 53.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-3	0	6	0	1		25:30	28
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-3	0	2	0	0	41.7	22:11	22
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	-4	0	3	0	0		19:56	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	12.5	13:56	18
56	Justin Bailey	R	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	2		13:09	17
82	Marcus Foligno	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0		12:11	16
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		10:00	13
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		9:20	12
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	40.0	8:46	13
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	100.0	22:04	24
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2		19:46	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		19:37	23
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	54.2	19:34	24
77	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		18:47	26
6	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		17:32	24
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		17:30	21
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:06	19
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33.3	12:41	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	29	25	4	.862	58:24

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	2	1	3	+2	2	2	2	0	75.0	17:38	25
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0		18:38	23
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0	53.8	17:54	26
14	Blake Comeau	L	1	1	2	+3	0	3	0	2		17:28	24
4	Tyson Barrie	D	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	1		21:47	29
45	Mark Barberio	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	1		18:28	24
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	2		17:35	26
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0		17:13	19
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	11:54	15
32	Francois Beauchemin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	5		22:49	27
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		22:12	28
9	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0	47.4	18:10	25
28	Patrick Wiercioch	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1		15:52	22
7	John Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	70.0	13:30	18
12	Jarome Iginla	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:03	19
8	Joe Colborne	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		11:27	16
27	Andreas Martinsen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		8:27	13
17	Rene Bourque	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		7:49	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Jeremy Smith	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00