2–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 7-1-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	0	0	2
COL	0	0	0	3

Sabres at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Sabres 3–2 at Ball Arena on October 28, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Oct 28, 1997 · 19:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 24:38 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Adam Foote

2 A

26:35 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

2 G

3 shots · 10:12 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF COL🏔️

21 Shots on goal 19

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

2 Hits 11

7 Blocked shots 14

6 Takeaways 4

2 Giveaways 9

14 Penalty minutes 14

BUF shooting 9.5% (2/21) COL shooting 15.8% (3/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:11 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 5-6 (45% win rate, 11 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 7-1-4 (58% win rate, 12 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 5-6 (45% win rate, 11 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 7-1-4 (58% win rate, 12 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Ward · Holzinger · Plante 18:20

L2 Grosek · Peca · Dawe 14:25

L3 Brown · Satan · Barnaby 13:40

L4 May · Primeau · Ray 4:25

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 23:48

D2 Shannon · McKee 18:34

D3 Wilson · Woolley 15:15

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Deadmarsh 22:54

L2 Kamensky · Lemieux · Kurri 19:05

L3 Lacroix · Messier · Yelle 10:01

L4 Corbet · Odgers 6:26

D1 Lefebvre · Foote 27:32

D2 Krupp · Miller 17:48

D3 Klemm · Trepanier 9:42

D4 Leroux 2:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

0–0 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs COL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on October 28, 1997?

Avalanche won 3–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Avalanche?

The final score was Sabres 2, Avalanche 3.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Oct 26

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Oct 25

Also on October 28, 1997

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