3–1

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 4-3-0 before this game

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

Sabres at Avalanche

Sabres beat Avalanche 3–1 at Ball Arena on October 26, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Oct 26, 2003 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

J-P Dumont

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 15:56 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Chris Drury

1 G

3 shots · 18:55 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ales Kotalik

1 G

2 shots · 14:30 TOI

4rd star ⚔️ BUF

Martin Biron

32 saves

0.970 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF COL🏔️

21 Shots on goal 33

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

9 Hits 22

12 Blocked shots 14

22 Takeaways 25

3 Giveaways 11

14 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 14.3% (3/21) COL shooting 3.0% (1/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

32/33

.970 SV% · 1 GA · 59:51 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Philippe Sauve

18/20

.900 SV% · 2 GA · 59:10 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-4 (50% win rate, 8 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 4-4 (50% win rate, 8 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Pyatt · Drury · Satan 19:09

L2 Brown · Brière · Dumont 15:56

L3 Botterill · Taylor · Kotalik 12:39

L4 Peters · Pittis · Mair 7:40

D1 Zhitnik · Fitzpatrick 24:22

D2 Patrick · McKee 20:42

D3 Delmore · Kalinin 14:46

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Forsberg · Hejduk 20:24

L2 Konowalchuk · Sakic · Selanne 16:49

L3 Moore · Nikolishin · Hinote 10:55

L4 Brigley · Larsen · McCormick 7:24

D1 Blake · Morris 24:30

D2 Foote · Skrastins 20:34

D3 Liles · Skoula 13:28

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Mar 24, 2003

🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF

3–4 (OT) · Sabres won

3–2 (OT) · Sabres won

Feb 8, 2000

⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL

2–0 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs COL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on October 26, 2003?

Sabres won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Avalanche?

The final score was Sabres 3, Avalanche 1.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Philippe Sauve made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 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?

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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Oct 24

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Oct 25

Also on October 26, 2003

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