Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, January 9, 2010 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Avalanche 35–30.
Matt Duchene scored twice. Drew Stafford, Brandon Yip, Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht also scored.
Craig Anderson made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Patrick Lalime stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Duchene (1)Matt Hendricks (1)1–007:35 COL- Matt Duchene (2)Brandon Yip (1), Milan Hejduk (1)2–013:28 COL
2nd period
Drew Stafford (1)Paul Gaustad (1), Tim Kennedy (1)2–117:05 BUF · 
Brandon Yip (1)Paul Stastny (1), Ryan Wilson (1)3–118:07 COL
3rd period
Thomas Vanek (1)Drew Stafford (1), Derek Roy (1)3–209:19 BUF
Jochen Hecht (1)Tim Connolly (1)3–315:48 BUF
Shootout
Matt HendricksUnassisted5–300:00 COL
Team stats
COLBUF
3035
44%56%
0/51/4
1315
109
1412
816
42
Penalties
- 2:44 into the first period
Cody McLeod · fighting5 min - 2:44 into the first period
Steve Montador · fighting5 min - 2:44 into the first periodClarke MacArthur · holding2 min
- 8:19 into the first periodAdam Mair · slashing2 min
- 15:26 into the first periodCraig Anderson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 17:16 into the first periodKyle Quincey · high sticking2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodMatt Hendricks · roughing2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodDrew Stafford · hooking2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodTyler Myers · interference2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodJohn-Michael Liles · tripping2 min
- 19:01 into the third periodSteve Montador · high sticking2 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 59Brandon YipR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 15Matt HendricksC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:48 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 39TJ GaliardiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 45Chris DurnoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:58 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 6Derek PeltierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:09 |
| 10Kyle CumiskeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28:42 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:03 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:57 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:36 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16:03 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:08 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:55 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:33 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | O | 30 | 3 | .900 |