🏔️ Away Avalanche 28-19-2 before this game

5–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	2	0	3	5
BUF	0	1	2	3

Avalanche at Sabres

Avalanche beat Sabres 5–3 at KeyBank Center on February 3, 1999.

🗓 Wed, Feb 3, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Rene Corbet

2 G

2 shots · 08:54 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Valeri Kamensky

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:08 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Stephane Yelle

2 A

3 shots · 13:24 TOI · +1

4rd star 🏔️ COL

Patrick Roy

37 saves

0.925 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Rene Corbet PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:50

Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Chris Drury

1–0

🏔️ Rene Corbet 1st · 16:41

Assists: Shean Donovan, Stephane Yelle

2–0

2nd period

⚔️ Dixon Ward 2nd · 13:25

Assists: Vaclav Varada

2–1

3rd period

⚔️ Miroslav Satan PP Tying 3rd · 01:03

Assists: Derek Plante, Jason Woolley

2–2

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh PP Go-ahead 3rd · 04:54

Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, Joe Sakic

3–2

⚔️ Curtis Brown Tying 3rd · 06:21

Assists: Michal Grosek, Miroslav Satan

3–3

🏔️ Valeri Kamensky Go-ahead 3rd · 07:30

Assists: Stephane Yelle, Claude Lemieux

4–3

🏔️ Sylvain Lefebvre Empty net 3rd · 19:18

Unassisted

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL BUF⚔️

35 Shots on goal 40

2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

15 Hits 12

10 Blocked shots 12

6 Takeaways 12

23 Giveaways 30

6 Penalty minutes 12

COL shooting 14.3% (5/35) BUF shooting 7.5% (3/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

37/40

.925 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

30/34

.882 SV% · 4 GA · 59:27 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Forsberg · Sakic · Lemieux 25:57

L2 Kamensky · Deadmarsh · Hejduk 16:26

L3 Yelle · Drury · Donovan 13:18

L4 Corbet · Podein · Parker 7:27

D1 Foote · Ozolinsh 24:52

D2 Lefebvre · Miller 19:06

D3 Gusarov · Klemm 12:48

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Plante · Satan 18:32

L2 Ward · Grosek · Brown 17:01

L3 Sanderson · Holzinger · Varada 14:51

L4 Rasmussen · Barnaby · Ray 7:17

D1 Smehlik · McKee 22:10

D2 Shannon · Wilson 20:18

D3 Zhitnik · Woolley 17:14

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

0–0 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ COL vs BUF, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Sabres on February 3, 1999?

Avalanche won 5–3.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Sabres?

The final score was Avalanche 5, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Rene Corbet (2), Adam Deadmarsh, Sylvain Lefebvre, Valeri Kamensky.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown, Dixon Ward, Miroslav Satan.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 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?

Season series tied 1–1 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 · Feb 2

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 2

Also on February 3, 1999

Avalanche season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule