Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Tue, Dec 5, 2017 · Pepsi Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 2

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–2 on Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at Pepsi Center. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Robin Lehner made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	2	4	35
COL	0	1	1	2	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	05:32	BUF	SH	Benoit Pouliot (7) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (10)	1–0
2nd	12:22	COL	PP	Nathan MacKinnon (9) · wrist	Alexander Kerfoot (11), Mikko Rantanen (14)	1–1
2nd	18:59	BUF	EV	Jake McCabe (1) · slap	Benoit Pouliot (3), Johan Larsson (4)	2–1
3rd	09:58	COL	PP	Nathan MacKinnon (10) · wrist	Tyson Barrie (18), Alexander Kerfoot (12)	2–2
3rd	11:54	BUF	EV	Evander Kane (13) · wrap-around	Jack Eichel (14), Jake McCabe (5)	3–2
3rd	19:27	BUF	SH EN	Jack Eichel (8) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (11)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:06	BUF	Jack Eichel	holding	2
1st	11:18	COL	Nikita Zadorov	interference	2
1st	17:29	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	roughing	2
2nd	05:10	BUF	Zach Bogosian	high sticking	2
2nd	10:37	BUF	Sam Reinhart	tripping	2
2nd	15:51	COL	Mikko Rantanen	tripping	2
2nd	18:59	COL	Bench	delaying game bench	2
3rd	08:23	BUF	Kyle Okposo	high sticking	2
3rd	10:43	BUF	Zach Bogosian	slashing	2
3rd	10:43	COL	Blake Comeau	embellishment	2
3rd	12:14	BUF	Marco Scandella	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.72 · COL 3.16 · xG% BUF 54.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0	0	65.4	19:24	25
19	Jake McCabe	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	4	5		19:21	26
15	Jack Eichel	C	1	1	2	+2	2	3	1	0	60.0	17:12	24
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	2		16:49	24
9	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	1		17:22	23
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	36.4	13:12	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+4	2	4	2	1		30:42	29
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	2		22:25	27
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2		18:40	25
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		15:35	19
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	100.0	15:06	17
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	38.5	14:33	20
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		14:19	17
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3		13:25	18
24	Hudson Fasching	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:01	14
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		10:57	14
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		9:09	14
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		7:28	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	0	2	-3	0	7	0	0	62.5	21:48	24
13	Alexander Kerfoot	C	0	2	2	-3	0	2	0	2	40.0	18:47	19
4	Tyson Barrie	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	2		27:24	29
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	1	1	-3	2	3	0	0	28.6	23:01	25
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	3		24:35	31
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	1	27.3	21:18	25
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		18:52	24
16	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	2		16:48	24
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	54.5	16:18	22
10	Sven Andrighetto	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:45	19
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		15:32	22
54	Anton Lindholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		12:54	21
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	66.7	11:47	15
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		11:44	18
14	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	66.7	11:29	18
64	Nail Yakupov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		9:59	13
20	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		8:59	14
15	Duncan Siemens	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		6:58	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Semyon Varlamov	L	34	31	3	.912	58:02