Colorado Avalanche 5, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche 5 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche.
NHLTuesday, December 3, 2024
DateDec 3, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance14,942
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Avalanche | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Colorado AvalancheBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
14-12-0Record11-12-2
2nd in Central DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-6Road record / home record4-6
WLWWLLast 5LLLLW
W1StreakL4
Team stats
Colorado AvalancheBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Colorado Avalanche
Cale Makar D · Lower Body
OutNathan MacKinnon C · Lower Body
OutJosh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Ivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 | 0:19 | 0:00 | 11:58 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10:12 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 8:12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 11:53 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolai Kovalenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:35 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 9:17 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:33 | 1:41 | 1:21 | 21:31 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:33 | 1:42 | 0:04 | 21:47 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 36.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 12:00 | 0:19 | 0:00 | 11:41 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:37 | 1:41 | 2:33 | 13:23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan O'Connor | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:37 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 12:45 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Prishchepov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25:58 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 24:17 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Wagner | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:16 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 5:25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Girard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:33 | 0:19 | 2:02 | 15:12 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ludvig | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:20 | 1:34 | 3:37 | 22:09 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:43 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 15:45 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:27 | 0:26 | 4:38 | 23:23 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin de Haan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 13:34 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandar Georgiev | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Wedgewood | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.000 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 48:11 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:44 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:53 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 12:47 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:52 | 3:46 | 0:01 | 15:05 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 12:22 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:22 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 10:18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 10:40 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:02 | 0:07 | 1:38 | 11:17 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:20 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 15:42 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:23 | 2:11 | 0:00 | 8:12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 | 3:44 | 0:24 | 16:44 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:20 | 2:11 | 1:35 | 16:34 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:54 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 17:07 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 14:20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26:30 | 0:42 | 0:31 | 25:17 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 | 0:00 | 1:29 | 14:37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:16 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 17:27 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 17:21 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 21:54 | 3:11 | 1:26 | 17:17 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .878 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 58:44 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres?
Colorado Avalanche won, 5-4, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.
What was the final score of Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres?
Colorado Avalanche 5, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon (2 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (2 goals).
Where is Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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