🏔️ Away Avalanche 26-6-9 before this game

2–2

Final / OT

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

Avalanche at Sabres

Avalanche beat Sabres 2–2 in overtime at KeyBank Center on January 2, 1998.

🗓 Fri, Jan 2, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Jari Kurri

2 A

1 shots · 20:36 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

2 A

21:42 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Claude Lemieux

1 G

4 shots · 19:14 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL BUF⚔️

33 Shots on goal 36

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

24 Hits 22

12 Blocked shots 8

6 Takeaways 19

29 Giveaways 46

28 Penalty minutes 18

COL shooting 6.1% (2/33) BUF shooting 5.6% (2/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Craig Billington

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 64:53 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 64:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 26-6-9 (63% win rate, 41 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 18-19-2 (46% win rate, 39 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 26-6-9 (63% win rate, 41 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 18-19-2 (46% win rate, 39 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Messier · Sakic · Forsberg 23:53

L2 Deadmarsh · Kurri · Lemieux 20:36

L3 Lacroix · Corbet · Yelle 15:57

L4 Donovan · Odgers 6:24

D1 Lefebvre · Foote 24:16

D2 Ozolinsh · Krupp 21:09

D3 Miller · Klemm 9:42

D4 Leroux 5:34

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Plante · Audette 21:28

L2 Ward · Brown · Dawe 17:05

L3 Grosek · Satan · Barnaby 12:45

L4 Burridge · Holzinger · Primeau 7:52

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 28:06

D2 Woolley · McKee 21:28

D3 Wilson · Boughner 15:44

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

0–0 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ COL vs BUF, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Sabres on January 2, 1998?

Avalanche won 2–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Sabres?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Sabres 2, in overtime.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Craig Billington made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Sabres season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 31

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 31

Also on January 2, 1998

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