Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Dec 3, 2024 · KeyBank Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

5 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson scored twice; Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 41–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	0	1	4	5	41
BUF	4	0	0	4	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:22	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (12) · wrist	Connor Clifton (5), Alex Tuch (15)	0–1
1st	06:39	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (13) · backhand	Jason Zucker (10), Bowen Byram (11)	0–2
1st	06:50	BUF	EV	JJ Peterka (8) · snap	Zach Benson (4), Dylan Cozens (6)	0–3
1st	11:49	BUF	EV	Beck Malenstyn (2) · backhand	Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1)	0–4
2nd	02:24	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (8) · wrist	Unassisted	1–4
3rd	01:19	COL	EV	Joel Kiviranta (5) · wrist	Calvin de Haan (2), Logan O'Connor (3)	2–4
3rd	04:30	COL	EV	Logan O'Connor (3) · snap	Samuel Girard (13)	3–4
3rd	07:39	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (9) · tip-in	Mikko Rantanen (20), Devon Toews (7)	4–4
3rd	15:38	COL	EV	Artturi Lehkonen (5) · wrist	Calvin de Haan (3), Nathan MacKinnon (30)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:22	COL	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
1st	09:31	COL	Calvin de Haan	tripping	2
1st	12:57	BUF	Zach Benson	slashing	2
2nd	19:09	COL	Nikolai Kovalenko	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 3.46 · BUF 4.22 · xG% COL 45.0

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	1	3	+1	0	9	2	2	36.8	23:33	26
25	Logan O'Connor	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	0		15:37	22
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	2	2	0	2	7	2	0		14:55	24
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2		28:27	28
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	66.7	25:58	25
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		24:33	26
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	2		17:33	25
94	Joel Kiviranta	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	4	0	100.0	13:36	20
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		27:20	29
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0	17:37	23
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		16:43	21
3	John Ludvig	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	1		14:11	20
82	Ivan Ivan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	12:17	17
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	57.1	12:00	15
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	75.0	10:12	17
51	Nikolai Kovalenko	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		9:35	16
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	20.0	6:16	11
85	Nikita Prishchepov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3:37	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	22	22	0	1.000	48:11
40	Alexandar Georgiev		8	4	4	.500	11:49

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	0	2	+1	0	5	1	0	20.0	20:52	26
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		26:30	29
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	100.0	20:54	24
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		20:20	27
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	60.0	18:52	22
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:20	23
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	1		16:06	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0		14:53	21
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	100.0	11:44	17
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0		11:02	18
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2		21:54	26
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		17:27	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		17:16	21
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		14:54	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	60.0	13:02	18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	85.7	12:25	20
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	25.0	12:22	17
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		10:23	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	41	36	5	.878	58:44