Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9:00 PM ET Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in a shootout on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	41-32-9
at Colorado Avalanche	2	32-45-5

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	0	0	0	1
Colorado Avalanche	0	0	1	0	0	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	7	16	6	1	0	30
Colorado Avalanche	9	7	11	2	0	29

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	09:18	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Paille (1)	Toni Lydman (4), Clarke MacArthur (2)	Even strength	BUF 1, COL 0
3rd	13:36	Colorado Avalanche	Jordan Leopold (2)	Milan Hejduk (3), Ryan Smyth (3)	Even strength	BUF 1, COL 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Colorado Avalanche	Milan Hejduk	Goal
1	Buffalo Sabres	Ales Kotalik	Goal
2	Colorado Avalanche	Joe Sakic	Saved
2	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Saved
3	Colorado Avalanche	Wojtek Wolski	Goal
3	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy	Goal
4	Colorado Avalanche	Marek Svatos	Saved
4	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Saved
5	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth	Goal
5	Buffalo Sabres	Clarke MacArthur	Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal	30	29
Power play	0 of 2	0 of 2
Penalty minutes	6	6
Hits	15	31
Blocked shots	13	16
Giveaways	8	21
Takeaways	17	24
Faceoffs won	25/51 (49%)	26/51 (51%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43.8%	25:45
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	1		17:43
Number 20 D. Paille	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:02
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		17:08
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	76.9%	14:43
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		21:17
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		20:30
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		07:21
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	40%	04:50
Number 41 C. MacArthur	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	40%	17:36
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:22
Number 76 A. Peters	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		04:26
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		26:37
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		28:22
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		06:19
Number 27 T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	4		22:17
Number 38 N. Paetsch	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:58
Number 44 A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		30:44

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	29	28	1	.966	65:00	OT loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 W. Wolski	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100%	15:49
Number 14 I. Laperriere	R	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		09:43
Number 16 D. Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	3	5	0		23:01
Number 19 J. Sakic	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50%	24:45
Number 23 M. Hejduk	R	0	1	1	0	5	0	0		20:39
Number 26 P. Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	46.7%	21:32
Number 28 B. Guite	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3%	07:17
Number 39 T. Arnason	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7%	12:52
Number 40 M. Svatos	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:29
Number 54 D. Jones	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		15:10
Number 55 C. McLeod	L	0	0	0	2	0	4	1		06:41
Number 94 R. Smyth	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	0		19:23
Number 4 J. Liles	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	1		23:37
Number 5 B. Clark	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	5		24:31
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3		24:29
Number 24 R. Salei	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		19:01
Number 44 J. Leopold	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	2		15:54
Number 52 A. Foote	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		20:07

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Budaj	30	29	1	.967	65:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:02	Buffalo Sabres	Andrew Peters	Roughing	2
1st	03:02	Colorado Avalanche	Ian Laperriere	Roughing	2
1st	03:02	Colorado Avalanche	Cody McLeod	Roughing	2
2nd	05:38	Buffalo Sabres	Clarke MacArthur	Holding	2
3rd	00:45	Buffalo Sabres	Andrej Sekera	Holding	2
3rd	16:26	Colorado Avalanche	John-Michael Liles	Slashing	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Colorado Avalanche head coach: Tony Granato
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Dennis LaRue
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Don Henderson
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Craig Rivet, Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly, Paul Gaustad, Mark Mancari, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Chris Butler, Nathan Gerbe, Mike Weber
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Brian Willsie, Matt Hendricks, Cody McCormick, Philippe Dupuis, Aaron MacKenzie, Wes O'Neill, Derek Peltier, Mike Vernace, T.J. Hensick, Ray Macias, Kyle Cumiskey, Chris Durno, Per Ledin, Chris Stewart, TJ Galiardi

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