Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Wed, Dec 13, 2023 · Ball Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at Ball Arena. Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Ivan Prosvetov made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	30
COL	3	0	2	5	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:25	COL	EV	Mikko Rantanen (14) · wrap-around	Nathan MacKinnon (28), Cale Makar (29)	0–1
1st	10:28	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (11) · wrist	Fredrik Olofsson (4), Mikko Rantanen (22)	0–2
1st	11:55	COL	EV	Miles Wood (5) · wrist	Sam Malinski (3)	0–3
1st	18:38	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (3) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (17), JJ Peterka (10)	1–3
3rd	02:40	COL	EV	Sam Malinski (1) · slap	Jack Johnson (4), Jonathan Drouin (6)	1–4
3rd	13:11	COL	PP	Valeri Nichushkin (12) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (29), Mikko Rantanen (23)	1–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:13	BUF	Zach Benson	high sticking	2
1st	19:42	COL	Mikko Rantanen	holding	2
2nd	08:03	COL	Miles Wood	roughing	2
3rd	12:23	BUF	Tyson Jost	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.91 · COL 2.76 · xG% BUF 51.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	1		22:21	31
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		15:58	23
9	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	1		15:34	20
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		24:01	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		20:51	28
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		19:50	29
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	60.0	19:34	23
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	100.0	19:01	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	0	27.3	16:20	21
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	58.8	15:54	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1	25.0	15:15	20
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		14:55	19
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		14:54	22
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	33.3	14:23	20
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	2		14:05	20
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	80.0	13:50	18
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		12:29	16
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		7:57	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	29	24	5	.828	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	2	3	+2	2	4	2	0	62.5	20:37	24
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	2	0	2	+1	0	7	1	0		22:30	26
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	2	0	55.6	20:53	23
70	Sam Malinski	D	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	1		16:25	21
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	4		18:57	23
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		17:21	19
28	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2		14:45	20
27	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	50.0	14:00	17
22	Fredrik Olofsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50.0	10:48	16
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		22:52	27
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	3		22:52	25
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4		19:23	25
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	15:06	23
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	36.4	14:00	18
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		13:15	17
20	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50.0	12:33	20
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	10:06	19
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		9:37	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Ivan Prosvetov	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00