Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Dec 20, 2014 · First Niagara Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

5 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at First Niagara Center. Alex Tanguay scored twice. Calvin Pickard made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	0	3	5	23
BUF	0	0	1	1	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:23	COL	EV	Erik Johnson (7) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (15), Max Talbot (5)	1–0
1st	07:07	COL	SH	Cody McLeod (2) · tip-in	Ryan O'Reilly (12)	2–0
3rd	01:51	COL	EV	Alex Tanguay (10) · wrist	Jarome Iginla (12), John Mitchell (4)	3–0
3rd	05:09	COL	PP	John Mitchell (4) · slap	Alex Tanguay (11), Jarome Iginla (13)	4–0
3rd	13:27	BUF	EV	Johan Larsson (1) · wrist	Chris Stewart (3), Andre Benoit (3)	4–1
3rd	19:34	COL	SH EN	Alex Tanguay (11) · backhand	Jarome Iginla (14), Erik Johnson (10)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:35	COL	Marc-Andre Cliche	interference	2
1st	13:13	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	tripping	2
1st	16:51	BUF	Andre Benoit	hooking	2
2nd	04:55	BUF	Nikita Zadorov	holding	2
3rd	04:32	BUF	Johan Larsson	tripping	2
3rd	07:35	COL	Ryan O'Reilly	slashing	2
3rd	16:57	COL	John Mitchell	cross checking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 2.79 · BUF 2.25 · xG% COL 55.4

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
40	Alex Tanguay	L	2	1	3	+1	0	3	1	0		18:06	19
12	Jarome Iginla	R	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	17:06	18
6	Erik Johnson	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	3		26:23	28
7	John Mitchell	C	1	1	2	+1	2	4	2	3	75.0	15:16	18
25	Max Talbot	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	19:00	19
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	50.0	15:48	19
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	14:46	15
55	Cody McLeod	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	3	0		9:53	16
8	Jan Hejda	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		23:15	26
17	Brad Stuart	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		19:01	26
4	Tyson Barrie	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		18:20	23
5	Nate Guenin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		16:44	25
22	Zach Redmond	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		16:17	21
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		15:12	18
9	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	58.3	15:08	15
48	Daniel Brière	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:18	16
24	Marc-Andre Cliche	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	36.4	10:41	16
58	Patrick Bordeleau	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		6:46	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Calvin Pickard	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
80	Chris Stewart	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	0		16:51	19
61	Andre Benoit	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2		13:54	18
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	33.3	10:14	14
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	3		27:01	25
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		21:56	21
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	100.0	20:59	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	31.3	20:28	24
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		20:22	26
51	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	1		19:14	23
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	33.3	18:35	18
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		18:31	18
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		17:37	24
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	50.0	15:22	18
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		15:04	17
19	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	60.0	14:18	15
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		13:10	16
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	55.6	10:48	13
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		4:43	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jhonas Enroth	L	22	18	4	.818	56:16