Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 14, 2012 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in a shootout on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 42–24.
Marcus Foligno scored twice and Jamie McGinn scored twice. Drew Stafford, David Jones, Gabriel Landeskog and Alexander Sulzer also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 38 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcus Foligno (1)Tyler Ennis (1), Drew Stafford (1)0–101:39 BUF
Jamie McGinn (1)Paul Stastny (1)1–108:55 COL
Drew Stafford (1)Unassisted1–214:42 BUF · 
David Jones (1)Shane O'Brien (1), Ryan Wilson (1)2–219:08 COL
2nd period
Gabriel Landeskog (1)Peter Mueller (1), Paul Stastny (2)3–205:35 COL · - Marcus Foligno (2)Drew Stafford (2), Tyler Ennis (2)3–311:01 BUF
3rd period
Alexander Sulzer (1)Brad Boyes (1), Tyler Ennis (3)3–401:55 BUF- Jamie McGinn (2)Ryan O'Reilly (1), Gabriel Landeskog (1)4–419:58 COL
Shootout
Peter MuellerUnassisted6–400:00 COL
Team stats
COLBUF
4224
45%55%
1/40/2
610
2523
2016
77
83
Penalties
- 13:50 into the first period
Alexander Sulzer · tripping2 min - 3:45 into the second periodCody Hodgson · tripping2 min
- 6:49 into the second period
Shane O'Brien · kneeing2 min - 15:36 into the second periodPatrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodRobyn Regehr · roughing2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodSteve Downie · roughing2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodGabriel Landeskog · roughing2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodPatrick Kaleta · tripping2 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 11Jamie McGinnL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 21:19 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25:13 |
| 54David JonesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 88Peter MuellerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 5Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:17 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:28 |
| 12Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 27Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:34 |
| 40Mark OlverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:34 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:32 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:51 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:39 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:03 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:24 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:58 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:35 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:52 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | O | 42 | 4 | .905 |