Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Sunday, December 4, 2005 · Pepsi Center

6–4

30–29

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–4 on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at Pepsi Center. The Sabres outshot the Avalanche 30–29.

Goals came from Paul Gaustad, Karlis Skrastins, Jochen Hecht, Jason Pominville, Mike Grier, Rob Blake, Alex Tanguay, Marek Svatos, Derek Roy and Chris Drury.

Goals
BUF	4	0	2	6	30
COL	1	1	2	4	29

Scoring

1st period

Paul Gaustad (5)Chris Thorburn (1), Jay McKee (3)1–002:45 BUF
Karlis Skrastins (2)Joe Sakic (16), Milan Hejduk (9)1–111:46 COL
Jochen Hecht (6)Tim Connolly (14), Henrik Tallinder (4)2–114:25 BUF ·
Jason Pominville (2)Tim Connolly (15)3–117:05 BUF
Mike Grier (3)Jochen Hecht (7)4–118:46 BUF

2nd period

Rob Blake (6)John-Michael Liles (13), Milan Hejduk (10)4–218:00 COL ·

3rd period

Alex Tanguay (10)Joe Sakic (17), Milan Hejduk (11)4–306:49 COL
Marek Svatos (13)Unassisted4–408:51 COL
Derek Roy (2)Jason Pominville (3), Thomas Vanek (14)5–417:33 BUF ·
Chris Drury (8)Teppo Numminen (18)6–419:56 BUF ·

Team stats

BUFCOL

3029

52%48%

1/21/6

2214

1717

1911

2011

Penalties

2:47 into the first periodChris Thorburn · fighting5 min
2:47 into the first periodCody McCormick · fighting5 min
6:07 into the first periodAdam Mair · roughing2 min
6:07 into the first periodAdam Mair · fighting5 min
6:07 into the first periodDan Hinote · fighting5 min
13:32 into the first periodToni Lydman · delaying game puck over glass2 min
6:21 into the second periodAles Kotalik · delaying game puck over glass2 min
7:16 into the second periodMarek Svatos · high sticking2 min
14:16 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · tripping2 min
17:45 into the second periodBrian Campbell · hooking2 min
11:47 into the third periodChris Drury · holding2 min
17:13 into the third periodAntti Laaksonen · hooking2 min