🏔️ Away Avalanche 20-14-1 before this game

1–2

Final

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

Avalanche at Sabres

Sabres beat Avalanche 2–1 at KeyBank Center on December 23, 1999.

🗓 Thu, Dec 23, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

1 G

5 shots · 20:41 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Geoff Sanderson

1 G

4 shots · 12:31 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Michal Grosek

1 A

2 shots · 17:33 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

⚔️ Miroslav Satan Go-ahead 2nd · 17:04

Assists: Michal Grosek · beat Patrick Roy

0–1

⚔️ Geoff Sanderson 2nd · 19:24

Assists: Rhett Warrener, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Patrick Roy

0–2

3rd period

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh 3rd · 08:23

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Brian Rolston · beat Martin Biron

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL BUF⚔️

23 Shots on goal 23

7 Hits 15

9 Blocked shots 8

2 Takeaways 6

18 Giveaways 21

13 Penalty minutes 9

COL shooting 4.3% (1/23) BUF shooting 8.7% (2/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

21/23

.913 SV% · 2 GA · 59:28 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

22/23

.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:43 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 20-14-1 (57% win rate, 35 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 16-14-4 (47% win rate, 34 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

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 · Deadmarsh · Hejduk 22:17

L2 Drury · Yelle · Rolston 18:03

L3 Podein · Tanguay · Messier 13:27

L4 Dingman · Odgers 6:12

D1 Ozolinsh · Foote 24:58

D2 Klemm · Skoula 20:50

D3 Gusarov · De Vries 14:08

D4 Helenius 0:41

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Satan · Varada 20:41

L2 Grosek · Brown · Barnes 17:33

L3 Ward · Holzinger · Afinogenov 15:14

L4 Sanderson · Ray 7:18

D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 22:11

D2 McKee · Sarich 18:38

D3 Woolley · Campbell 13:59

D4 Patrick 10:32

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs BUF, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Sabres on December 23, 1999?

Sabres won 2–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Sabres?

The final score was Avalanche 1, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Adam Deadmarsh.

Who scored for Sabres?

Geoff Sanderson, Miroslav Satan.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 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?

Sabres 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 20

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 21

Also on December 23, 1999

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