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Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Sunday, February 11, 2018 on the road.

Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Colorado Avalanche 5 43-30-9
at Buffalo Sabres 4 25-45-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 2 1 2 5
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 13 9 5 27
Buffalo Sabres 7 12 13 32

Three stars

  1. C. Wilson, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. R. O'Reilly, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. G. Bourque, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:43 Colorado Avalanche Alexander Kerfoot (13) Colin Wilson (9), Nikita Zadorov (11) Even strength COL 1, BUF 0
1st 07:57 Buffalo Sabres Benoit Pouliot (11) Ryan O'Reilly (22) Shorthanded COL 1, BUF 1
1st 09:19 Colorado Avalanche Matt Nieto (10) Unassisted Shorthanded COL 2, BUF 1
2nd 01:07 Colorado Avalanche Colin Wilson (5) Gabriel Landeskog (22) Even strength COL 3, BUF 1
2nd 13:15 Buffalo Sabres Casey Nelson (1) Ryan O'Reilly (23), Justin Falk (1) Shorthanded COL 3, BUF 2
3rd 03:05 Colorado Avalanche Tyson Jost (5) Tyson Barrie (26), Mikko Rantanen (35) Power play COL 4, BUF 2
3rd 07:03 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Bourque (5) Anton Lindholm (2) Even strength COL 5, BUF 2
3rd 12:14 Buffalo Sabres Ryan O'Reilly (17) Kyle Okposo (24), Rasmus Ristolainen (21) Power play COL 5, BUF 3
3rd 17:08 Buffalo Sabres Evander Kane (18) Unassisted Even strength COL 5, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 27 32
Power play 1 of 5 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 12
Hits 10 8
Blocked shots 7 10
Giveaways 2 3
Takeaways 4 2
Faceoffs won 20/57 (35.1%) 37/57 (64.9%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
13 A. Kerfoot C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 62.5% 14:45
17 T. Jost C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 0 1 18:43
22 C. Wilson C 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:16
24 A. Greer L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 06:04
34 C. Soderberg C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 2 0 50% 18:23
37 J. Compher L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 10% 21:08
47 D. Toninato C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 16.7% 08:06
57 G. Bourque L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 15:18
64 N. Yakupov R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 07:11
83 M. Nieto L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 1 0 16:05
92 G. Landeskog L 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 0 0 75% 17:50
96 M. Rantanen R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0 0 100% 19:22
4 T. Barrie D 0 1 1 +1 2 4 0 1 0 19:00
6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26:31
12 P. Nemeth D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 0 20:48
16 N. Zadorov D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 17:34
49 S. Girard D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 13:54
54 A. Lindholm D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 3 0 0 14:51
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
45 J. Bernier 32 28 4 .875 59:39 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 E. Kane L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 100% 21:44
10 J. Josefson C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 07:07
17 J. Nolan C 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 06:39
20 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 11:27
21 K. Okposo R 0 1 1 -3 0 2 2 0 0 16:34
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 50% 11:27
23 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19:37
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 11:16
29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 100% 16:01
67 B. Pouliot L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:39
71 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 42.9% 19:22
90 R. O'Reilly C 1 2 3 +2 0 5 0 2 1 74.4% 26:48
6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 25:10
8 C. Nelson D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 1 0 19:17
41 J. Falk D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 1 1 0 15:30
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 2 0 0 23:48
82 N. Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 0 13:32
93 V. Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:02
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
40 R. Lehner 27 22 5 .815 56:29 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:45 Buffalo Sabres Jordan Nolan High sticking 2
1st 08:57 Colorado Avalanche Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 15:52 Buffalo Sabres Marco Scandella Slashing 2
1st 17:42 Buffalo Sabres Scott Wilson High sticking 2
1st 17:42 Colorado Avalanche Bench Delaying game bench face off violation (bench minor) 2
2nd 03:20 Colorado Avalanche Nikita Zadorov Holding 2
2nd 06:34 Buffalo Sabres Jacob Josefson Holding 2
2nd 08:40 Colorado Avalanche Tyson Barrie Slashing 2
2nd 11:45 Buffalo Sabres Jordan Nolan Holding 2
3rd 02:34 Buffalo Sabres Johan Larsson Boarding 2
3rd 10:42 Colorado Avalanche A.J. Greer Interference 2
3rd 12:06 Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg Hooking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Phil Housley
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Chris Rooney
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Kory Nagy
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Blake Comeau, Nathan MacKinnon, Andrei Mironov
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Josh Gorges, Nick Baptiste, Jack Eichel

2017-2018 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 11

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at St. Louis Blues 1 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 5 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/OT Game page
New York Rangers 3 at Winnipeg Jets 1 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 6 at Dallas Stars 0 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 5 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Anaheim Ducks 2 Final/SO Game page

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