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2024-25 regular season

Avalanche at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Sabres 5–4 at KeyBank Center on December 3, 2024.

COL – BUF
41–30
Shots on goal
24–19
Hits
13–11
Blocked shots
5–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Nathan MacKinnon
2 G, 1 A
9 shots · 23:33 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Logan O'Connor
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:37 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Calvin de Haan
2 A
7 shots · 14:55 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead 1st · 03:22
Assists: Connor Clifton, Alex Tuch · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–1
⚔️ Tage Thompson 1st · 06:39
Assists: Jason Zucker, Bowen Byram · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–2
⚔️ JJ Peterka 1st · 06:50
Assists: Zach Benson, Dylan Cozens · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–3
⚔️ Beck Malenstyn 1st · 11:49
Assists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–4
2nd period
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon 2nd · 02:24
Unassisted · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1–4
3rd period
🏔️ Joel Kiviranta 3rd · 01:19
Assists: Calvin de Haan, Logan O'Connor · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
2–4
🏔️ Logan O'Connor 3rd · 04:30
Assists: Samuel Girard · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
3–4
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Tying 3rd · 07:39
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
4–4
🏔️ Artturi Lehkonen Go-ahead 3rd · 15:38
Assists: Calvin de Haan, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
5–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Lehkonen · MacKinnon · Rantanen 24:33
L2 Kiviranta · Nichushkin · O'Connor 15:37
L3 Ivan · Mittelstadt · Kelly 12:00
L4 Prishchepov · Kovalenko · Wagner 6:16
D1 Toews · Makar 27:54
D2 Girard · Malinski 17:08
D3 de Haan · Ludvig 14:33
⚔️Sabres
L1 Zucker · Thompson · Tuch 20:52
L2 Benson · Cozens · Peterka 18:20
L3 McLeod · Krebs · Kulich 12:25
L4 Malenstyn · Aube-Kubel · Quinn 11:02
D1 Byram · Power 24:12
D2 Jokiharju · Dahlin 17:22
D3 Clifton · Bryson 15:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL BUF⚔️
41 Shots on goal 30
24 Hits 19
13 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 9
15 Giveaways 16
6 Penalty minutes 2
COL shooting 12.2% (5/41) BUF shooting 13.3% (4/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Scott Wedgewood Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 48:11 TOI
Alexandar Georgiev
4/8
.500 SV% · 4 GA · 11:49 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
36/41
.878 SV% · 5 GA · 58:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Tage Thompson · 1st 03:22 · 0–1 Tage Thompson · 1st 06:39 · 0–2 JJ Peterka · 1st 06:50 · 0–3 Beck Malenstyn · 1st 11:49 · 0–4 Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 02:24 · 1–4 Joel Kiviranta · 3rd 01:19 · 2–4 Logan O'Connor · 3rd 04:30 · 3–4 Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 07:39 · 4–4 Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 15:38 · 5–4
COL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–4
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 4 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Dec 132023 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 1–5 Oct 292023 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 0–4 Dec 152022 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 4–2 Dec 12022 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 6–4 Feb 192022 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 5–3
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Who won Avalanche vs Sabres on December 3, 2024?

Avalanche won 5–4. The final score was Avalanche 5, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Nathan MacKinnon (2), Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Kiviranta, Logan O'Connor.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tage Thompson (2), Beck Malenstyn, JJ Peterka.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 36 saves on 41 shots (.878 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?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeNov 30 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 4–1 AfterDec 5 🏔️COL @ 🌪️CAR 3–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 30 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 0–3 AfterDec 5 ✈️WPG @ ⚔️BUF 3–2
Also on December 3
🐙DET 2–3 🐻BOS 🏝️NYI 1–2 🇨🇦MTL 🐆FLA 4–5 🐧PIT 🦑SEA 4–2 🌪️CAR 🦈SJS 2–1 🦅WSH 🎵STL 4–1 ✈️WPG 🐋VAN 2–3 🌲MIN 🧥CBJ 0–3 🔥CGY
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