Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Thu, Dec 15, 2022 · Ball Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 2

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–2 on Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at Ball Arena. Rasmus Dahlin led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 39 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	4	21
COL	0	0	2	2	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:54	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (24) · wrist	Casey Mittelstadt (12), Kale Clague (2)	1–0
1st	07:08	BUF	PP	Alex Tuch (15) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (22)	2–0
2nd	17:11	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (10) · wrist	Tyson Jost (6), Victor Olofsson (5)	3–0
3rd	08:20	COL	EV	Mikko Rantanen (20) · snap	Valeri Nichushkin (7), Artturi Lehkonen (13)	3–1
3rd	18:38	COL	PP	Evan Rodrigues (7) · wrist	Valeri Nichushkin (8), Cale Makar (20)	3–2
3rd	19:02	BUF	SH EN	Dylan Cozens (11) · wrist	Unassisted	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:04	BUF	Casey Fitzgerald	high sticking	2
1st	06:09	COL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	00:55	COL	Cale Makar	hooking	2
2nd	12:42	BUF	Vinnie Hinostroza	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.15 · COL 4.23 · xG% BUF 42.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	4		29:27	40
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1	38.5	22:50	27
38	Kale Clague	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2		23:56	31
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	2		21:16	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	33.3	18:20	23
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	36.4	18:05	23
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		13:54	19
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2		13:40	19
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	4		31:31	35
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:44	28
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:15	19
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:27	19
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	3		14:24	19
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:04	18
29	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		10:00	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	9:37	15
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	25.0	8:30	13
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0:00	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	2	2	-1	0	3	1	1		24:21	26
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	-1	2	4	1	0		28:45	28
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	0	1	-1	0	8	4	0	44.4	27:00	28
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0		20:21	23
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	100.0	18:24	21
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		27:05	26
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	71.4	23:43	27
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		22:19	27
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		17:39	23
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:42	20
18	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	12:14	16
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	12:03	17
88	Andreas Englund	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		11:20	15
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:07	20
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		9:55	16
54	Charles Hudon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	7:54	9
22	Dryden Hunt	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		6:27	8
93	Jean-Luc Foudy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		5:40	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Alexandar Georgiev	L	20	17	3	.850	57:20