⚔️ Away Sabres 19-23-4
1–2
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 23-21-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 0101
🏔️ COL 0022

Sabres at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Sabres 2–1 at Ball Arena on January 20, 2016.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Alex Tanguay
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:58 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Francois Beauchemin
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 25:46 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Carl Soderberg
1 A
1 shots · 20:33 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Evander Kane PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:38
Assists: Jack Eichel, Ryan O'Reilly · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–0
3rd period
🏔️ Alex Tanguay Tying 3rd · 09:23
Assists: Carl Soderberg, Francois Beauchemin · beat Robin Lehner
1–1
🏔️ Francois Beauchemin Go-ahead 3rd · 19:28
Assists: Alex Tanguay · beat Robin Lehner
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Gionta 21:54
L2 McGinn · Larsson · Eichel 15:38
L3 Foligno · Reinhart · Legwand 11:43
L4 Schaller · Moulson · Varone 8:32
D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 26:18
D2 Pysyk · Gorges 18:26
D3 Weber · Franson 14:02
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Duchene · MacKinnon · Soderberg 21:46
L2 Comeau · Tanguay · Landeskog 18:58
L3 McLeod · Mitchell · Iginla 11:20
L4 Martinsen · Grigorenko · Skille 6:50
D1 Beauchemin · Holden 24:38
D2 Barrie · Zadorov 19:52
D3 Bigras · Redmond 14:22

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF COL🏔️
28 Shots on goal 35
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
13 Hits 12
8 Blocked shots 12
10 Takeaways 3
0 Giveaways 2
6 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 3.6% (1/28) COL shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 59:43 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Semyon Varlamov
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Evander Kane · 2nd 16:38 · 1–0 Alex Tanguay · 3rd 09:23 · 1–1 Francois Beauchemin · 3rd 19:28 · 1–2
BUF COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-8 (50% win rate, 16 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 6-4-2 (50% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5-1 (14% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Mar 282015 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 3–5 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
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Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on January 20, 2016?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Evander Kane.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay, Francois Beauchemin.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 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
BeforeJan 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🌵ARI 2–1 AfterJan 22 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 3–0
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeJan 18 🏔️COL @ ✈️WPG 2–1 AfterJan 22 🎵STL @ 🏔️COL 1–2
Also on January 20
🎵STL 2–1 🐙DET 🌲MIN 1–3 🦆ANA
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