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2014-15 regular season

Sabres at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0

Avalanche beat Sabres 5–3 at Ball Arena on March 28, 2015.

BUF – COL
38–22
Shots on goal
26–26
Hits
8–17
Blocked shots
9–6
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Matt Duchene
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 17:35 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Jarome Iginla
3 A
1 shots · 18:30 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Semyon Varlamov
35 saves
0.921 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Marc-Andre Cliche Go-ahead 1st · 10:47
Assists: Cody McLeod, Dennis Everberg · beat Anders Lindback
0–1
🏔️ John Mitchell 1st · 11:19
Assists: Matt Duchene, Jarome Iginla · beat Anders Lindback
0–2
2nd period
🏔️ Tyson Barrie 2nd · 03:29
Assists: Ryan O'Reilly, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Matt Hackett
0–3
🏔️ Matt Duchene 2nd · 06:56
Assists: Jarome Iginla, Zach Redmond · beat Matt Hackett
0–4
3rd period
⚔️ Andrej Meszaros 3rd · 03:09
Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Johan Larsson · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–4
🏔️ Brad Stuart 3rd · 04:48
Assists: Jarome Iginla, Matt Duchene · beat Matt Hackett
1–5
⚔️ Andrej Meszaros 3rd · 05:29
Unassisted · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–5
⚔️ Rasmus Ristolainen 3rd · 08:43
Assists: Marcus Foligno, Zac Dalpe · beat Semyon Varlamov
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Moulson · Larsson · Gionta 19:26
L2 Foligno · Grigorenko · Hodgson 15:13
L3 Deslauriers · Varone · Kaleta 13:19
L4 Ellis · Schaller · Dalpe 10:31
D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 23:33
D2 Weber · Benoit 20:34
D3 Meszaros · Strachan 16:02
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · Tanguay · O'Reilly 19:29
L2 Mitchell · Duchene · Iginla 18:20
L3 McLeod · Cliche · Hishon 13:17
L4 Hamilton · Caron · Everberg 7:41
D1 Hejda · Holden 22:56
D2 Stuart · Redmond 20:46
D3 Barrie · Guenin 16:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF COL🏔️
38 Shots on goal 22
26 Hits 26
8 Blocked shots 17
9 Takeaways 6
0 Giveaways 5
4 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 7.9% (3/38) COL shooting 22.7% (5/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Anders Lindback
10/12
.833 SV% · 2 GA · 19:49 TOI
Matt Hackett
7/10
.700 SV% · 3 GA · 37:47 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Semyon Varlamov
35/38
.921 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Marc-Andre Cliche · 1st 10:47 · 0–1 John Mitchell · 1st 11:19 · 0–2 Tyson Barrie · 2nd 03:29 · 0–3 Matt Duchene · 2nd 06:56 · 0–4 Andrej Meszaros · 3rd 03:09 · 1–4 Brad Stuart · 3rd 04:48 · 1–5 Andrej Meszaros · 3rd 05:29 · 2–5 Rasmus Ristolainen · 3rd 08:43 · 3–5
BUF COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 0–4
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 2–0
Dec 202014 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 5–1 Feb 12014 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 1–7 Oct 192013 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Mar 142012 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 SO Jan 42011 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 3–4 OT
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Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on March 28, 2015?

Avalanche won 5–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Andrej Meszaros (2), Rasmus Ristolainen.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Brad Stuart, John Mitchell, Marc-Andre Cliche, Matt Duchene, Tyson Barrie.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Anders Lindback made 10 saves on 12 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 26 🌵ARI @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterMar 30 ⚔️BUF @ 🌵ARI 4–1
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 26 🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN 4–1 AfterMar 30 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 4–1
Also on March 28
🐯NSH 4–3 🦅WSH 🗽NYR 2–4 🐻BOS 🦆ANA 3–2 🏝️NYI 🦈SJS 3–2 🔔PHI 🌵ARI 2–3 🐧PIT ⚡TBL 0–4 🐙DET 🏛️OTT 3–4 🍁TOR 🐆FLA 2–3 🇨🇦MTL
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