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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Sabres 2–1 in a shootout at Ball Arena on October 25, 2008.

BUF – COL
30–29
Shots on goal
15–31
Hits
13–16
Blocked shots
17–24
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Jordan Leopold
1 G
2 shots · 15:54 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 A
5 shots · 20:39 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Ryan Smyth
1 A
2 shots · 19:23 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Daniel Paille Go-ahead 2nd · 09:18
Assists: Toni Lydman, Clarke MacArthur · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
3rd period
🏔️ Jordan Leopold Tying 3rd · 13:36
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Ryan Smyth · beat Ryan Miller
1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 21:17
L2 Paille · MacArthur · Kotalik 17:43
L3 Mair · Stafford · Afinogenov 16:22
L4 Ellis · Peters · Kaleta 4:50
D1 Sekera · Spacek 29:33
D2 Lydman · Numminen 24:27
D3 Paetsch · Tallinder 11:08
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Stastny · Tucker 23:01
L2 Smyth · Wolski · Hejduk 19:23
L3 Arnason · Jones · Svatos 12:52
L4 McLeod · Laperriere · Guite 7:17
D1 Clark · Hannan 24:30
D2 Liles · Foote 21:52
D3 Salei · Leopold 17:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF COL🏔️
30 Shots on goal 29
15 Hits 31
13 Blocked shots 16
17 Takeaways 24
8 Giveaways 21
6 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 3.3% (1/30) COL shooting 6.9% (2/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Mar 72007 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Dec 42005 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 6–4 Oct 262003 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 3–1 Mar 242003 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 OT Jan 212002 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 2–3
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Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on October 25, 2008?

Avalanche won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Sabres 1, Avalanche 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Daniel Paille.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Jordan Leopold.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 4–3 AfterOct 27 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 5–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeOct 23 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 1–4 AfterOct 28 🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY 0–3
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